A decade later, the U.S. responded to rising anti-immigrant sentiment by deporting many Salvadorans back home.
In the Rare Book Room, journalist William Wheeler discusses his new book and the story of MS-13. "Brisk, chilling examination of El Salvador's descent into violence and the role of notorious transnational gang MS-13. Journalist Wheeler combines a clear sense of geopolitical history and gutsy on-the-ground reporting, producing a compact tale of a slow-motion, violent societal collapse.... An urgent, digestible document of a violently failing state, with clear connection to flawed American policies past and present. State of War: MS-13 and El Salvador’s World of Violence makes vividly clear why Salvadorans are fleeing their country, and why Trump’s harsh immigration and asylum policies may only empower the gangs more. Please try again later. "William Wheeler is a writer and producer whose work has appeared in The Story of MS-13 and Its American Roots. William Almon Wheeler (June 30, 1819 – June 4, 1887) was an American politician and attorney.
He served as a United States representative from New York from 1861 to 1863 and 1869 to 1877, and the 19th vice president of the United States from 1877 to 1881.. Born in Malone, New York, Wheeler pursued a legal career after attending the University of Vermont.
One of President Donald Trump’s favorite rhetorical motifs is stoking fear that members of the MS-13 gang from El Salvador intend to cross the U.S. border in force and wreak havoc on American society. State of War tells the tragic story of a brutal civil war that has never ended. State of War tells the tragic story of a brutal civil war that has never ended.
He visits with what is his first book, State of War: MS-13 and El Salvador’s World of Violence. "
Foreign correspondent William Wheeler tracks MS-13 from L.A., where he meets the founders of the gang, to El Salvador, where three generations of Salvadorans have been drawn into an escalating cycle of conflict. Wheeler argues that this is best seen as a creeping extension of the civil war, with the gangs increasingly resembling guerrilla movements. State of War. It’s an inaccurate scenario, and in State of War, foreign correspondent William Wheeler tells the real story: In the 1980s, the U.S. supported the repressive Salvadoran government in a brutal civil war, and many Salvadoran families fled to America―especially Los Angeles, where teenagers in poor neighborhoods founded MS-13. In the 1980s, the United States supported the Salvadoran government in its brutal civil war with left-wing guerillas.
In State of War: MS-13 and El Salvador’s World of Violence, William Wheeler, an intrepid and fearless young reporter, tells the real story of MS-13, and more broadly of how El Salvador has descended into violence and corruption.
Ever since, El Salvador has been one of the most violent countries in the world.Wheeler interviewed gang members, frustrated intelligence officers, and crime investigators who give chilling insider reports of how corruption at the highest levels has helped the gangs become stronger, richer, and more influential than ever. It’s an inaccurate scenario, and in State of War, foreign correspondent William Wheeler tells the real story: In the 1980s, the U.S. supported the repressive Salvadoran government in a brutal civil war, and many Salvadoran families fled to America—especially Los Angeles, where teenagers in …
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