Machete Attack a 'Tipping Point'
Officials see larger concerns connected to gang-related incident.
By Glenn McCarty
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=51558&paper=72&cat=104
Well nothing happened...
Mara Salvatruchas to take on
the Minutemen vigilantes
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MS-13 was founded in Los Angeles by the offspring of the immigrants for protection. Later, many of the members were deported back to Central America where they expanded their operations and found fertile ground for the recruitment of new members among the hundreds of thousand of young people with no hope or future.
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The Mara Salvatruchas are known to cut the "testicles" of their enemies and feed them to their vicious dogs. Other times they have cut the heads off their opponents to play football soccer with them. These are not people to mess around with.
http://aztlan.net/salvatruchas_vs_minutemen.htm
Today, the Mara Salvatruchas have grown immensely in numbers and their network has expanded through Mexico all the way to Canada. The extremely violent group controls large portions of the drug, stolen vehicle and immigrant smuggling operations along the US/Mexico border and will not put up with clowns like the Minutemen vigilantes.
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19 arrested in Bandidos sweep; more sought
Posted at 2:35 p.m. June 10
SEATTLE - Federal authorities continued their search for fugitive members of the Bandidos biker gang Friday after busts in three states netted 19 arrests on charges related to racketeering, drug trafficking, theft and weapons violations.
"On the backs of Harleys, they brought violence and drugs to Whatcom County and across the Northwest," McKay said at a news conference Friday.
The Bandidos have about 170 chapters in 14 countries, including 90 in the U.S. and 14 in Washington state, the indictment says. Membership is estimated at 2,400 bikers, all of whom must ride Harleys.
"There is a public face that they put forward to give the community and the public a perception that they're helpful, and they can be, in the light of day," Carroll said. "They'll stop and help you change a tire. They'll help you if you run out of gas. But that is the surface; that's the face of the organization."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/06/10/breaker/doc42a9cd39e5511573795944.txt