Posted on 05/15/2005 6:03:04 AM PDT by John Jorsett
http://www.wtop.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=520258
"Gang Members Convicted of Killing Pregnant Teen"
Updated: Tuesday, May. 17, 2005 - 5:12 PM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "McLEAN, Va. (AP) - A jury acquitted two members of the MS-13 street gang on all charges Tuesday in the murder of a pregnant teenager who had become a federal informant. Two others were convicted on all charges and face a possible death penalty.
One of those acquitted was Denis Rivera, 22, who prosecutors said masterminded the murder of his former girlfriend, 17-year-old Brenda Paz, from an Arlington County jail cell.
Paz, a former MS-13 member, was found dead on the banks of the Shenandoah River in July 2003, just weeks after she voluntarily left the federal Witness Protection Program and returned to the gang.
She was to have testified against Rivera at another murder trial. Despite Paz's murder, Rivera was convicted in that case and is serving life in prison.
Had he been convicted of Paz's murder, he could have faced the death penalty."
A Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding an AP article via NEWSMAX.com: New York - "THREAT OF STREET GANGS CAUSING BITTER DEBATE IN CONGRESS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The rapid spread of vicious street gangs such as MS-13 is causing alarm in cities and suburbs nationwide, igniting bitter debate about how best to combat the threat and inspiring a comprehensive anti-gang bill in Congress.") (May 10, 2005) (Read More...)
FBI.gov - Seeking Information: "ADNAN G. EL SHUKRIJUMAH" (ALIASES: "Adnan G. El Shukri Jumah; Abu Arif; Ja'far Al-Tayar; Jaffar Al-Tayyar; Jafar Tayar; Jaafar Al-Tayyar") (VIEW POSTER. Click Here.)
http://mensnewsdaily.com/blog/dougherty/2005/05/when-immigrants-get-too-close.html
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
"When Immigrants Get Too Close"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "If our nation's capital were within 50 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, I guarantee there would be no immigration crisis in America. Here's an example of what I'm talking about.
The Los Angeles Times published a lengthy story in Sunday editions detailing the brutality of a Honduras-influenced international gang. According to the report, the L.A.-based branch of Mara Salvatrucha, "a street gang formed 20 years ago in the immigrant neighborhoods west of the downtown skyline," is responsible for a series of grisly murders "that spanned much of the North American continent."
Included in those murders: 28 people (six of them children), gunned down by machine gun fire on a bus in a crowded slum in Honduras; a 21-year-old man shot in the head near Dallas, his remains eaten by animals and his pants pulled down, suggesting he was sodomized; and a 17-year-old pregnant informant "hacked to death" near a river in Virginia.
Based on the Times' report, it was that last murder – and others nearby – which finally garnered the attention of Washington's bureaucrats."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1407607/posts
"How the Street Gangs Took Central America"
Real Clear Politics ^ | May/June 2005 issue of Foreign Affairs | Ana Arana
Posted on 05/21/2005 6:19:24 AM PDT by kellynla
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