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A young Honduran girl and a Mexican gangster are united in a journey across the U.S. border.

It is a Mexican series that shares real stories that have been sent to Silvia Pinal, the host of the show; the episodes deal with strong issues surrounding women that don't always end well.

Hijos de la Guerra ("Children of the War") is a feature-length documentary film about the world's largest and most violent street gang: the Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13. The MS-13 gang spans the Americas with an estimated membership of 100,000 people across the United States and Central America. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has declared the MS-13 the fastest growing and most violent street gang in the United States. The Mara Salvatrucha was formed in Los Angeles in the late 1980s by Salvadoran Civil War refugees as a means to protect themselves from rival ethnic gangs. The newly formed gang channeled the widespread trauma of a genocidal civil war on entire generations of orphaned and abandoned children into fanatical violence. This formed the basis for MS's explosive growth. MS-13 has since become a growing threat throughout 33 states in the U.S. and in every country in Central America. The institution of systematic and increasingly stern U.S. deportation policies, along with forceful Salvadoran armed repression of the members, has radicalized the group. Instead of tempering the gang's influence, these policies have propelled the gang into a powerful, aggressive and multiplying force that seems increasingly difficult to control. Through a series of over 80 interviews (including gang members across several countries, the gang's founders, experts and academics) and powerful footage inside jails in El Salvador, gang-infested neighborhoods of Los Angeles, and Salvadoran communities across the East Coast of the United States, the film sheds light on the root personal reasons for gang membership, the ensuing explosion of fratricidal violence as well as the complex role of social and government policy in both containing and aggravating gang proliferation. Hijos de la Guerra ("Children of the War") is the first feature-length documentary film to tell the story of the MS-13. It addresses the causes and circumstances that have fueled this gang's ominous rise to power.

In 2003, the body of a pregnant, teenaged informant was found along the banks of the bucolic Shenandoah River. She'd been repeatedly stabbed - her head nearly severed. Brenda Paz had been supplying the authorities with first-hand accounts of MS-13's operations. Paz had been one of 3,000 MS-13 members in the Washington, DC area.

The notorious Los Angeles-originated gang known as MS-13. As MS-13 aims to take over suburban areas across the United States, the episode highlights the continuing challenges faced by law enforcement agencies determined to combat this growing threat.

Matt Walsh blasts the psychiatric establishment for pushing ADHD meds on kids, mocks Katy Perry's space "achievement," and dismantles Cory Booker's staged activism.

Scott Adams torches Democratic chaos over the MS-13 deportation case, slams Harvard's tax fight, and praises Trump's no-tax Social Security pitch and missile defense deal with SpaceX.

Scott Adams mixes biting commentary and speculation on topics from drone warfare and censorship to Letitia James' mortgage fraud allegations, with standout riffs on ADHD overdiagnosis and "sexy" criminal charges.

Anderson reports that there is May Day violence in Portland, Oregon U.S.A.; Tense Interview: President of the United States of America Donald Trump stands by unfounded wiretap claim; why other gangs fear MS-13; and much more.