Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

L.A. Violence Crosses the Line [trans-border Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) street gang]
Los Angeles Times ^ | May 15, 2005 | Chris Kraul, Robert J. Lopez and Rich Connell

Posted on 05/15/2005 6:03:04 AM PDT by John Jorsett

The gruesome murders were each more than 1,000 miles apart, an arc of bloodshed that spanned much of the North American continent.

On a rutty street near a crowded slum in Honduras, gunmen sprayed automatic weapons fire at a bus filled with Christmastime shoppers. Twenty-eight people, including six children, were killed.

In the woods near Dallas, an innocent 21-year-old man was shot in the head, his remains eaten by animals. His pants were pulled down, and police suspect that he may have been sodomized.

And near the banks of a quiet river in Virginia, a 17-year-old informant was hacked to death. She was four months pregnant and stabbed 16 times in the chest and neck.

The killings were similar not only in their brutality but also in their lineage: Authorities say all three incidents are tied to a single Los Angeles branch of Mara Salvatrucha, a street gang formed 20 years ago in the immigrant neighborhoods west of the downtown skyline.

Today, the gang's extreme violence, vast reach and increasing sophistication have made it a top priority at the highest levels of law enforcement and political leadership from Washington to San Salvador.

In recent months, the departments of Justice and Homeland Security have launched a series of initiatives to confront the threat posed by the gang, also known as MS-13, which has between 30,000 and 50,000 members in half a dozen countries, including up to 10,000 members in the U.S., according to federal law enforcement estimates.

The FBI's creation of an MS-13 task force, the first nationwide effort targeting a single street gang, was ordered by Director Robert Mueller after several high-profile murders blamed on MS-13 in the suburbs of Washington.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: California; US: New Mexico; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; gangs; immigrantlist; immigration; marasalvatrucha; ms13
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-25 next last

1 posted on 05/15/2005 6:03:05 AM PDT by John Jorsett
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: John Jorsett

We're only here doing the jobs Americans don't want to do.
2 posted on 05/15/2005 6:34:24 AM PDT by Sender (Team Infidel USA)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sender

LMFAO...I just said on another thread...I wonder after Vincente Fox's remarks who will win the war in California? The blacks from Compton or the Mexicans from East LA?

I will take the blacks and give me the points to cover the spread.


3 posted on 05/15/2005 6:37:12 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache ( "I think she did too much coke, ahh you think so Doctor?")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: John Jorsett

If we and other nations remain unwilling to execute people like this we will never solve these problems.

Terrorists, gang bangers, child killers, they all need to be made dead at the hand of the state. Barring that, forget it, civilization will continue it's long decline.


4 posted on 05/15/2005 7:01:59 AM PDT by jocon307 (Irish grandmother rolls in grave, yet again.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: My Favorite Headache

Compton has plenty of Hispanics these days.

Believe me, a race war in LA would be a disaster for everyone out here.


5 posted on 05/15/2005 7:30:21 AM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: John Jorsett
Human rights groups have accused the Honduran government of unjustified arrests and of tolerating death squads that have killed hundreds of gang members.

But apparently human rights groups have missed the fact that these lowlifes ARE death squads and are killing hundreds of innocent people.

6 posted on 05/15/2005 7:59:45 AM PDT by IronJack
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

It's over due.If a race war happened in LA it would end quick ala Waco.


7 posted on 05/15/2005 8:12:46 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache ( "I think she did too much coke, ahh you think so Doctor?")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: My Favorite Headache

I repectfully disagree.

In my estimation it is not "due" at all.

Also, and again just my sense of the situation, once one started it would never end. Think Northern Ireland, Ceylon or Beirut.


8 posted on 05/15/2005 8:18:01 AM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: jocon307
If we and other nations remain unwilling to execute people like this we will never solve these problems.
Increasingly, I am coming to the opinion that to be effective these executions have to be carried out by the police. Out on the street.
9 posted on 05/15/2005 8:23:45 AM PDT by samtheman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: samtheman

"...these executions have to be carried out by the police..."

LOL, but you know, the cops don't want to do that dirty work. Nor should they have to.


10 posted on 05/15/2005 8:26:13 AM PDT by jocon307 (Irish grandmother rolls in grave, yet again.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

We've already had samples of this on a daily basis
The riots after Rodney King.

Daily race riots at LAUSD high schools in East and Southeast LA.


11 posted on 05/15/2005 8:27:30 AM PDT by television is just wrong
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: John Jorsett

12 posted on 05/15/2005 8:28:38 AM PDT by Boazo (From the mind of BOAZO)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

Sometimes it gets confusing, you never know if you are in L.A. or if we somehow landed in Tijuana overnight.


13 posted on 05/15/2005 8:29:46 AM PDT by television is just wrong
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: jocon307

Early evening TV would be fine with me.


14 posted on 05/15/2005 8:30:08 AM PDT by ImpotentRage
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: television is just wrong

15 posted on 05/15/2005 8:35:43 AM PDT by Boazo (From the mind of BOAZO)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin
Believe me, a race war in LA would be a disaster for everyone out here.

Oh I don't know. Seems like it would never escalate to war status. After the first few skirmishes, and the news reached all of America. We would see a border lock-down and deportations begin in earnest.
16 posted on 05/15/2005 8:36:45 AM PDT by moehoward
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: television is just wrong

Perhaps California doesn't need saving ... maybe it needs conquering?


17 posted on 05/15/2005 8:41:11 AM PDT by The Duke
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

Comment #18 Removed by Moderator

To: Sender
In that thug's case, I hope it's "Professional Bullet Catcher."

One good, honest work day should be sufficient.

19 posted on 05/15/2005 9:16:42 AM PDT by MarineDad (Whenever mosques and JDAM's meet, civilization benefits.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: The100thMonkey

I'm afraid you are correct that you are correct.


20 posted on 05/15/2005 9:36:52 AM PDT by television is just wrong
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-25 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson