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U.S. Tied Migrants to Gang Based Largely on Clothes or Tattoos, Papers Show • Apr. 1, 2025, 1:55 AM ET (New York Times)

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Also Known As	youth gang • street gang

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gangster cholo larrikin collective violence organized crime drug cartel syndicate ’Ndrangheta racketeering

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Albert Cohen

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