April 4, 2010
It’s a dead end in MS-13
AJC exclusive: Gang's credo is 'rape, kill, control'



By Bill Torpy and Bill Rankin


The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
9:00 a.m. Sunday, April 4, 2010

Lucky had no idea where he was headed. Hours earlier, he was thrilled to be invited to a party. Now he sat in the passenger seat of a pickup with Travieso at the wheel.

Travieso’s real name is Joseph Ivan Diaz, but nobody called him that. The nickname — “mischievousâ€