Fearing the vicious Salvadoran MS-13 gang, which has plagued Long Island’s Suffolk County and threatens to spread its terror further, residents from the wealthy Hamptons area in New York are turning their homes into fortresses. The extreme security measures include sleeping with guns, installing bulletproof windows and sometimes even luxury panic rooms. Supermarket mogul, John […]
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Trump meets with families of MS-13 victims as media look the other way
President Donald Trump pushed for tougher immigration laws in a meeting with family members of MS-13 victims, calling the gang members ‘animals’ again. Media outlets hostile to Trump either ignored the event or called it racist. Flanked by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, several lawmakers and Homeland Security officials, Trump heard testimonies from parents of […]
Mexico arrests MS-13 leader, busting the gang’s latest attempt to start an international drug-trafficking pipeline
REUTERS/Jose Cabezas Mexico authorities have arrested an MS13 leader in Tijuana, disrupting another attempt by the gang to create a small international drug trafficking pipeline into the United States. No official announcement has been made, and details are still trickling in, but the arrest of Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) leader Nelson Alexander Flores, alias “Mula,” took […]
The very American origins of MS-13
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech was peppered with references to the notorious MS-13 international criminal gang. But his address made no mention of its US origins. Also known as Mara Salvatrucha, MS-13 has more than 6,000 members, according to the FBI. Its violent reach reportedly extends across Central America and Mexico; to […]
More than 200 MS-13 members were arrested in a major Trump administration gang sweep
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong “Operation Raging Bull” was conducted across the United States from Oct. 8 to Nov. 11. It concluded with the arrest of 214 members of MS-13. President Donald Trump has directed federal law enforcement officials to focus resources on combating transnational gangs, including MS-13. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced a major […]
Justice Dept. and DEA don’t see eye-to-eye on marijuana research & MS-13
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions is blocking marijuana research which the Drug Enforcement Administration has requested to undertake dozens of times. The DEA and the DOJ also have opposing views on tackling the so-called MS-13 gang. The DEA started accepting applications in order to grow marijuana for research a year ago. This month, it had […]
Trump says he’s going to ‘destroy’ MS-13 — here’s how the gang got its sinister name
AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini The street gang that President Donald Trump has said US authorities are going to “destroy” as part of his crackdown on crime is known by a simple moniker: Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. And the garish tattoos that adorn the faces and torsos of its members often do more to announce the gang’s […]
ICE takes aim at MS-13, pressures local police to ‘hang on’ to criminal detainees
Published time: 28 Jul, 2017 04:20 US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced a crackdown on MS-13, but its strategy may run counter to the city policy in Los Angeles, an important hub of the infamous gang. ICE is calling on local law enforcement to help out. A White House statement Thursday said the Department […]