Caravans

[Amarok]

I would think that, in an area where gang violence is rampant, not being a member of a gang would qualify one as being a member of a particular social group, and given that gangs prey on the innocent, that would certainly count as persecution.

Boru

Not to mention they are also fleeing political corruption and the gangs are not just street thugs they are integrated into the economy and the government itself.