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"unos mareras le quieren quitar la vida"

English translation: drug gang members want to kill him

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20:15 Mar 31, 2009

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Slang / This is from a sworn statement in Honduras

Spanish term or phrase: "unos mareras le quieren quitar la vida"

A mother is writing a declaration explaining why her son left the country.

Patricia Castrillon KudoZ activity Questions: 21 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 0
Local time: 21:36

English translation:drug gang members want to kill him

Explanation:
Much ado about Central America's gangs - [ Traducir esta página ]
... drug trafficking, addiction, loss of life and family disintegration. Gangs, or "maras," are not a new phenomenon in Honduras, where gang culture has ... Ironically, exterminated or not, the gangs still control the streets and whole ...
www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_10/issue_09/news_05.html - Páginas similares

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patinba
Argentina
Local time: 02:36

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4 +3

drug gang members want to kill him

patinba

some gangsters want to end his life

Alfonso Colorado

3 +2

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Juan Jacob

Discussion entries: 2

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peer agreement (net): +2, peer agreement (net) from those meeting criteria: +1

drug gang members want to kill him

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 02:36
Does not meet criteria
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English
PRO pts in category: 12

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9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1, peer agreement (net) from those meeting criteria: +1

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Explanation:
Mareras must be from Mara Salvatrucha, violent gangs / drug and people smugglers in Central America, normaly called "maras". (With a lot of tattoos... you've seen that).

No translation, I'm afraid.
Some "maras" or "mareras" wanted to kill him.

That's it.

Juan Jacob
Local time: 23:36
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

French
PRO pts in category: 16

22 mins confidence:

\"unos mareras le quieren quitar la vida\" some gangsters want to end his life

Explanation:
mareras or mara salvatruchas are a group of people who meet to do gangster's activities

Alfonso Colorado
Local time: 23:36
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of:

Spanish

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