onn us -- joining us washington journal is hector silva avalos, the inside -- inside crime project manager at the american university center for american and latino studies. joining us this morning to talk about the transnational gang, particular, we are looking at the in-depth project and report you were involved in, .s-13 in the americas how the gang resists destruction. what is ms-13? how did they get started? guest: it is a criminal organization, a big criminal organization that has been around for decades, that has plagued the northern triangle of region inerica, the under a -- in hunt doris -- in honduras. they do drug trafficking at local levels. they are very violent. america,l american -- they are known for, let's say the quality of their violence. in these countries, it is a challenge to the state, but mostly, territory control that these states exercise. lates formed back in the 80's in the west coast of the united states, mainly by central escaping fromnts civil war's happening in central america in those years. a lot of the founding members had military background or had some

on -- joining us washington journal is hector silva avalos, the inside -- inside crime project manager at the american university center for american and latino studies. joining us this morning to talk about the transnational gang, particular, we are looking at the in-depth project and report you were involved in, .s-13 in the americas how the gang resists destruction. what is ms-13? how did they get started? guest: it is a criminal organization, a big criminal organization that has been around for decades, that has plagued the northern triangle of region inerica, the under a -- in hunt doris -- in honduras. they do drug trafficking at local levels. they are very violent. america,l american -- they are known for, let's say the quality of their violence. in these countries, it is a challenge to the state, but mostly, territory control that these states exercise. lates formed back in the 80's in the west coast of the united states, mainly by central escaping fromnts civil war's happening in central america in those years. a lot of the founding members had military background or had some

on -- joining us washington journal is hector silva avalos, the inside -- inside crime project manager at the american university center for american and latino studies. joining us this morning to talk about the transnational gang, ms-13

and finally, hector silva avalos discusses the start of ms 13 in the u.s.. ♪ the trump administrationesterday announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the european union, canada, and mexico. shirley thereafter, the eu, canada, and mexico said they would respond with countermeasures. some are calling this the start of a trade war. we would like to know what you think and in particular, how might this affect your job and business, your purchases? the is how to join conversation. if you support the tariffs, (202) 748-8000. if you oppose them, (202) 748-8001. again, how might this impact how you work? the business you conduct and what you purchase? join our conversation on facebook, facebook.com/cspan, or send us a tweet on @cspanwj. it is possible that we will hear more from the president today. he is likely to hear from secretary of state pompeo on the north korean negotiations. we will have stories on that in a bit, but today's story about the tariffs announced yesterday and that term trade wars is in this morning. the financial times, you u.s. fires first shots in trade wa