[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the response. I should mention that some of the worst gangs in LA are moving out nationwide. Take care.

[Syncro]

MS13 being one of the worst and most widespread.

But the same is true nationwide.

When this column first highlighted MS13 a year ago, many were skeptical of the police estimates of 3,000 active gang members in the northern Virginia suburbs. Now, a half-dozen murders, scores of cuttings and unreported beatings later, it is believed that there are 6,000 members in the region just south of D.C.

100% gain in one year out there by DC.