[JustPiper]

I am not even pretending to know about this stuff

Me either...let's ask our resident bug researcher

[JustPiper]

City's homicides up nearly 25% in 2006
With 90 so far, year is on pace to be deadliest in more than a decade

* Gang violence in Houston

Increase in gang activity

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Police have identified MS-13 and La Tercera Crips, both of which have been the targets of large-scale investigations, as major contributors to the rise in gang violence. But other organizations, such as Southwest Cholos and La Primera, also have played a role, police said.

Hurtt and Brown responded in December by creating the homicide gang squad, a group of officers within HPD's homicide division who focus on tracking and linking gang violence.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3764822.html