Tulsa Public Radio
The organization known as MS-13 -- often in the headlines, especially since they've been repeatedly referred to by President Trump -- is thought to have approximately ten thousand members located in dozens of states across the US, and it's routinely linked to thousands of murders each year in this country and abroad. But MS-13 is also widely misunderstood, as we learn on today's ST. (September 23, 2020)
Talk Louisiana
Lamar White and Rob Maness debate the selection of a new Supreme Court Justice. Jenee Slocum and Davante Lewis preview their series on dismantling racism. Steven Dudley talks about his book that delves into the origins of MS-13. (September 22, 2020 - *minute 36:00)
BYU Radio
Guest: Steven Dudley, Co-Director and Co-Founder of InSight Crime, Senior Fellow, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, American University, Author of “MS-13: The Making of America’s Most Notorious Gang”
MS-13 is America’s most notorious gang and is famously brutal. It’s also really misunderstood by American politicians and the public, says journalist Steven Dudley.
PRX Exchange
Thirty years ago, El Salvador was enmeshed in a bloody civil war. This resulted in many of the innocent civilians escaping to the US and settling in Los Angeles. Today, MS-13 is one of the most infamous street gangs, with an estimated ten-thousand members across America and abroad. Their story is told through the experiences of journalist Steven Dudley, in his book, MS-13: The Making of America’s Most Notorious Gang. Dudley is the cofounder of InSight Crime, a think tank devoted to organized crime and corruption in the Americas. As a journalist in Latin America, he spent the past two decades writing for the Washington Post and the Miami Herald, as well as reporting for NPR and the BBC.
WAMC
MS-13 is one of the most infamous street gangs on earth, with an estimated ten thousand members operating in dozens of states and linked to thousands of grisly murders each year in the US and abroad. But it is also misunderstood.
In his book "MS-13: The Making of America's Most Notorious Gang," journalist and longtime organized crime investigator Steven Dudley brings readers inside the nefarious group to tell a larger story of how a flawed US and Central American policy, and the exploitative and unequal economic systems helped foster the gang and sustain it.