The MS13 was born from war.  In the 1980s, El Salvador was enmeshed in a bloody fight for control of the government.  To escape the guerilla assaults and death squads, many fled to the U.S. and settled in Los Angeles. Among them were Norman and his six siblings.  As a survival instinct, they formed a group called the Mara Salvatrucha Stoners, a relatively harmless social network bound by rock n  roll.  But later, as they brushed against established local gangs, the group took on a harder edge, selling drugs, stealing cars and killing rivals who threatened their territories.  As authorities cracked down, gang members like Norman were incarcerated and deported.  But in the prison system the group only grew stronger. Today, MS13 is one of the most infamous street gangs on earth, with an estimated 10,000 members operating in dozens of states and linked to thousands of grizzly murders each year.  But the MS13 is also a misunderstood gang, a