The Hollywood Kid: The Violent Life and Violent Death of an MS-13 HitmanThe compelling story of the life and death of a Salvadoran gangsterAs a boy, Miguel ngel Tobars small town in El Salvador was torn apart by guerrillas and US backed death squads. Still a preteen, he joined a different kind of death squad the Hollywood Locos Salvatrucha a clique of the Mara Salvatruchas, better known as MS 13. This international criminal organization began on the streets of Los Angeles in the 1980s, as Salvadoran children, whose