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Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Guatemala Gangs
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
© The Associated Press

Guatemala Gangs

Artist/Maker (Argentina, b. 1976)
Date2003
Mediumcolor photograph
DimensionsSheet: 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of The Associated Press
Terms
    Object number2004.1.1
    Description"The Soldier," leader of a Salvatrucha band in the neighborhood Villa Nueva, kisses his son Castulo, in Guatemala City, September 27, 2003. With Honduras and El Salvador outlawing street gangs, neighboring Guatemala is struggling to deal with increasing crime and homicides. Many of the gangs originally started in cities like Los Angeles, but they were transplanted to Central America along with gang members deported for crimes committed in the United States.
    On View
    Not on view
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Beverly Buchanan
    1990
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Beverly Buchanan
    1990
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Alexandre Meneghini
    2003
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Thomas Hart Benton
    1936
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Teotihuacán
    ca. 400-700
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 800-1300
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    1930-1935
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 900-1100