Elvis Maradiaga gets 108-month sentence for his role in the 18th Street gang, with others receiving varying terms.

Rodriguez carried out the brutal killing at the direction of a senior 18th Street gang leader to prove his loyalty and rise within the gang, officials said. The murder occurred outside Mata's home ...

The Mara Salvatrucha and 18th Street are criminal outfits which trace ... Since the truce - brokered in prisons with the gangs' leaders - the murder rate of this small Central American nation ...