Paul Williams lifts the lid off Al-quida's bomb plot. According to captured al-Qaida leaders and documents, the plan is called the "American Hiroshima" and involved the multiple detonation of nuclear weapons already smuggled into the US over the Mexican border with the help of the MS-13 street gang and other organized crime groups. Recent Article ..... Gangs, such as Mara Salvatrucha, mainly help terrorists for financial gain. A member of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) when asked why MS-13 would agree to aid Al Qaeda in the wake of 9/11, stated "Money. That is the reason for everything." (Williams, 2005, p. 169). MS-13 is one of the largest and most dangerous gangs. MS-13 controls the majority of smuggling (drugs, weapons, and people) that flows from Mexico into the United States (Williams, 2005). MS-13's determination to control the United States-Mexico border is evident by the shear number of gang members assigned this duty. MS-13 has over three thousand gang members that watch over the border (Williams, 2005). The United States government only has approximately ten thousand border patrol agents assigned to the Mexico border (Minority Staff of the Committee on Homeland Security US House of Representatives, 2005). How serious is the United States government at controlling the border when gangs like MS-13 dedicate almost a third the amount of resources as the United States government does at controlling the border? The ability of MS-13 to effectively and publicly control the ...