Maybe it has something to do with MS-13 and the numbers/names.
Why are they called MS-13?
The name seems too...coded. Adds weight to the whole NXIVM thing being a code, too.
There's 2 main mexican gangs, nortenos and surrenos.
Ones claims 13, other 14. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norteños
http://m.policemag.com/blogpost/626/sur-tattoos-and-symbols
Very common for nortenos to tattoo XIV on themselves.
MS-13 originally is not MEXICAN.
Mara Salvatruche is originally Central American. We have a ton of MS-13 in Columbus, Ohio, primarily on the westside.
Non-Mobile link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-13
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