The group are collectively accused of committing more than 47,000 crimes, including murder.
Nearly 500 alleged MS-13 members, including several alleged leaders, are on trial collectively in El Salvador, accused of thousands of murders.
A mass trial of 486 suspected members of a powerful Central American gang accused of thousands of killings and other crimes, has begun in El Salvador as part of the President’s anti-gang crackdown.
Footage released by the attorney general's office shows large groups of men in prison attending the trial via video link.
SAN SALVADOR (AP) — Prosecutors in El Salvador opened a massive, joint trial of nearly 500 alleged members of the MS-13 gang on charges that include homicide ...