This Is For The Mara Salvatrucha is the first non-fiction narrative about the MS-13. It tells the story of Brenda Paz, a young street gang member who betrayed her gang and became an informant, revealing a previously unknown threat across America.

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Elliot in the Morning - DC101

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

This morning’s show ran for 1:15! When I asked him how long he thought it would run, at the beginning of the segment, he said, “we’ll have you on for about 10 minutes if you suck.” Apparently he thought it went well too.

We had a couple interesting callers. One guy claimed to have been a member of the Southside Locos for about six years. He recalled that when he was a member living in Alexandria, he and his homies were fighting against the MS-13 all the time.

And another caller said that he went to middle school with Denis Rivera, one of the characters in my book. The caller said that he and Denis had actually gotten into a fight and both were suspended.

Live radio shows in the studio are fun! I’m looking forward to Diane Rehm tomorrow.