The Hollywood Kid: The Violent Life and Violent Death of an MS-13 HitmanAs a boy, Miguel ngel Tobar fled a small town in El Salvador torn apart by warring guerrillas and US backed death squads. As a teen in Los Angeles, he fought discrimination and beatings by joining a gang, MS 13. By the time the US deported him to San Salvador, the Hollywood Kid joined a wave of US bred gangsters, whose violencein concert with corrupt offiicalshave in turn helped propel new waves of refugees.