Protesters gather on the streets for a Student led March for Our Lives rally in Zucatti Park, NYC. Rallies were held nationwide in the United States as a call to action for better gun control in New Y... © Syndi Pilar/shotbywomen

"Cobras " special police anti-gang units train for special operations on a police campus in Tegucigalpa. They cover their faces so they can't be identified later and targeted by the gangs. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

"Cobras " special police anti-gang units holding pointed guns during training for special operations on a police campus in Tegucigalpa. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Protesters gather for a Student led March for Our Lives rally in Zucatti Park, NYC. Rallies were held nationwide in the United States as a call to action for better gun control in New York, USA on 11... © Syndi Pilar/shotbywomen

Protesters gather on the streets for a Student led March for Our Lives rally in Zucatti Park, NYC. Rallies were held nationwide in the United States as a call to action for better gun control in New Y... © Syndi Pilar/shotbywomen

Protesters gather for a Student led March for Our Lives rally in Zucatti Park, NYC. Rallies were held nationwide in the United States as a call to action for better gun control in New York, USA on 11... © Syndi Pilar/shotbywomen

Protesters gather for a Student led March for Our Lives rally in Zucatti Park, New York City on 11 June 2022. Rallies were held nationwide in the United States as a call to action for better gun contr... © Syndi Pilar/shotbywomen

Protesters gather on the streets for a Student led March for Our Lives rally in Zucatti Park, NYC. Rallies were held nationwide in the United States as a call to action for better gun control. Attorne... © Syndi Pilar/shotbywomen

A justice department official checks to see if a recently arrested alleged gang member was beaten by the police, after the boy, a marked with tattoos symbolizing the gang Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13, co... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A motorcycle unit of police frisk a man for drugs and weapons that they found purchasing grain alcohol in the streets of an impoverished barrio at night in Tegucigalpa. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A police officer on nightly patrol in one of Tegucigalpa's neighborhoods known as a gang area. Police and government officials claim that the increased police presence and enforcement of anti-gang leg... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

The tattoo on the back of a gang member says "En Memoria de mis Homies": In memory of my homies. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

"Cobras " special police anti-gang units repel down a wall while holding guns as they train for special operations on a police campus in Tegucigalpa. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

"Tac" a member of Mara 18 (Diezyocho or XVIII) who has many gang tattos on his chest and arms, in the yard where he and other gang members hide from the police and their rival gang. "Tac" is the gang... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

The tattoo on the back of a gang member says "En Memoria de mis Homies": In memory of my homies. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Members of Mara 18 (Diezyocho or XV3) (l-r) "Little Pájalo", "El Body" and "Travieso". These names are their "placas" or nicknames within the gang. The gang members preferred to give only their "placa... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Diezyocho (XVlll) Gang member "El Body" with an album of photographs of his "homies". He is in the photograph on the right, pointing at his homie who is holding a gun. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen