Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Throughout huge parts of south, central and North America, a tiny name is enough to make the blood run cold - MS-13.In a continent flooded with deadly drug cartels and murderous street gangs, MS-13 – with its motto "kill, rape and control" – is renowned for its savagery and fondness for decapitating its victims with machetes.The gang is so deadly, in some countries it has been officially labelled a terrorist organisation.The violence starts on day one.
To join the gang members have to be "jumped in" - subjected to a vicious 13-second beating - and then "get wet", which means to commit a serious crime, often murder.
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