The Soldier, leader of a Salvatrucha band in the
neighborhood Villa Nueva, kisses his son Castulo, in Guatemala City, Sept.
27, 2003. With Honduras and El Salvador outlawing street gangs, neighboring
Guatemala is struggling to deal with increasing crime and homicides. Many of
the gangs originally started in cities like Los Angeles, but they were
transplanted to Central America along with gang members deported for crimes
committed in the United States.
