MS-13 gangster caught on ranch near Laredo [South Texas]

LAREDO MORNING TIMES ^ | 12/15/2007 | ZACHARY FRANZ

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Border Patrol agents arrested a member of the violent Mara Salvatrucha gang early Wednesday morning, said Greg Salinas, a Border Patrol spokesman.The gang member, a 37-year-old Salvadoran man, has a long criminal history in the U.S. and has been deported twice before, Salinas said.

Agents from the Laredo North station caught the man, whose name was not immediately available, on a ranch near Mines Road at about 2 a.m. on Saturday, Salinas said. He was with several other people who were also illegally entering the country.

The man had tattoos identifying him as a member of the gang. Agents confirmed his identity through fingerprints, and found that he has served time in prison in the U.S. for burglary, Salinas said. The man was last deported in 2003, Salinas said.

A third conviction for illegally entering the country is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

The Mara Salvatrucha gang, commonly known as MS-13, originated in El Salvador and consists primarily of natives of that country. Most of the gang members caught by Border Patrol belong to that group, Salinas said.

In the 2007 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, 2006, and ended Sept. 30, 2007, Border Patrol Agents arrested 65 people who were identified as gang members, Salinas said. Of those, 35 were believed to be members of the MS-13 gang, he said.

Since Sept. 30, there have been 30 suspected gang members arrested in this sector, with 20 of those thought to belong to the MS-13 gang.

"We consider them a criminal organization – that's how big they are," he said.

(Contact reporter Zachary Franz at 728-2582 or by e-mail at zfranz@lmtonline.com)

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"Since Sept. 30, there have been 30 suspected gang members arrested in this sector, with 20 of those thought to belong to the MS-13 gang."

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MS-13 Ping!

If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

They should have just double-tapped him and buried him in the desert.

[umgud]

This is insidious and sadly, we’ve already lost this battle.

[Michael Barnes]

Theres that SSS thing again.

I whole heartedly approve.

[SIDENET]

What is the phrase?

Shoot, shovel, shut up?

[Eccl 10:2]

Now we need to tell him we’re really, REALLY concerned and ask him nicely if he would PLEASE mind not returning.

[Clintonfatigued]

Thanks to Bush’s “come on in, jobs and welfare for everybody” border policy, expect more of this.

[LasVegasMac]

BANG!

What was that?

I dunno, I didn't hear anything...........

[Old Sarge]

“Muchas Gracias, Jorge Arbusto!”

[SwinneySwitch]

Ramos and Compean.

[Taylor42]

We need to build a prison in Alaska just for illegals. One year minimum term when they’re caught back in the US after having been deported. The prison will provide basic food and minimal heat. After all prison is SUPPOSED to be an experience you don’t want to repeat.

[Irish Eyes]

We need to build a prison in Alaska just for illegals. One year minimum term when they’re caught back in the US after having been deported. The prison will provide basic food and minimal heat. After all prison is SUPPOSED to be an experience you don’t want to repeat.

Ship them ALL to Arkansas. Huckabee wants to care for them.

[silentreignofheroes]

Wife to her friend,,

Nice Daisies,

Thanks,always wanted to plant some.

[org.whodat]

We need to build a prison in Alaska just for illegals. One year minimum term when they’re caught back in the US after having been deported. The prison will provide basic food and minimal heat. After all prison is SUPPOSED to be an experience you don’t want to repeat.

NO, Russia has plenty of prison space in Siberia and I'm sure they would provide color TV and plenty of exercise and other entertainment much more cost effective than we could. Probably for about $10.00 a day per illegal. A win win all the way around.

[Haddit]

How stupid can you be? tattoo yourself with MS13.

[tiger-one]

Have they put a bounty on these killers?

[lookout88]

Big deal. They are at Northern IL University

[TheBattman]

What ever happened to the days when trespassers could be shot on sight? Seems that would help the border situation out a lot!

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Yeah, Tyson will take them.