Many gang members have tattoos to demonstrate their allegiance. But many people with no gang ties will get inked with similar imagery, which can lead law enforcement astray.

Certain tattoos associated with street gangs can get you stopped by police in El Salvador. But artists there say now more ...

Celebrity tattoo artist Keith "Bang Bang" McCurdy recaps his favorite celebrity tattoos and shares behind-the-scenes stories ...

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her daughter's name on top of it, he did a little crown because he used to say that was his queen and his princess." Vega considers a crown a pretty innocent tattoo but it can also be associated ...

Two Venezuelans settled in Tampa Bay as asylum seekers. Last month, they were deported to El Salvador. Their families and ...

A Venezuelan man says he and his family back home have been anguished about the "forced disappearance" from the U.S. of ...

However, there have been cases where lawyers have argued that people have been wrongfully identified based on their tattoos and were subsequently deported. US media have reported on a man whose ...

"My friend's name's first letter and his wife's names ... DHS’s example of a crown tattoo appears to have come from a Spanish-language tattoo ideas blog, while one of its “Real hasta la ...

"My friend's name's first letter and his wife's names' first letter ... entitled ‘70 Train Tattoo Ideas for Men’. DHS’s example of a crown tattoo appears to have come from a Spanish-language tattoo ...