MS-13 is a part of the Mexican Cartel.
 The five clicas, or cells, were led by two Salvadoran men, one of whom operated in the city of Alicante and the other in Barcelona, and were involved in robbery and drug trafficking, but also attempted to open restaurants and bars to launder money from the gang's Salvadoran operations
Violence by MS-13 against immigrants on the GuatemalaMexico border is portrayed in the movie La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas (2012)

