Perilous Lens: Guns in an Urban Landscape
The 18th Street Gang decides on punishment for a member who used one of the gang's small arsenal of handguns without authorization.

Sacatepequez, Guatemala
2001

The 18th Street Gang decides on punishment for a member who used one of the gang's small arsenal of handguns without authorization. For one month he would be barred from participating in any gang-related activities and would not be helped if he ran into trouble with rival gangs. He also received a punishment beating from a fellow gang member.

Gang members prepare to defend their turf from paramilitaries
Like most of Medllin's barrios, this one is controlled by gangs
 Three-year-old Esperanza
A member of the 18th Street Gang lies dead, gunned down by a rival gang member.
The 18th Street Gang decides on punishment
Funeral