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Said@Duke: Reporter Óscar Martínez on Covering Gangs in Central America

Part of the Said@Duke 2018-2019 Series
Said@Duke: Reporter Óscar Martínez on Covering Gangs in Central America

Journalist Óscar Martínez spoke Tuesday about his latest book, "El Niño de Hollywood: Cómo Estados Unidos y El Salvador Moldearon a Un Sicario en la Mara Salvatrucha 13" ("The Hollywood Kid: The Violent Life and Violent Death of an MS-13 Hitman"), gangs in Central America, and the role the United States plays in the crisis of violence in Central America that leads to migrants fleeing the region. Martínez writes for ElFaro.net, the first online newspaper in Latin America.