Posted on 12/15/2007 5:59:56 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
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)
Jeez, what is wrong with our joke of a government?
I am sure they would. Are there any legals working there ?
Management.
ping
We certainly can expect more, much more. In my perverse imagination I conjure up a Statue of Bush (in lieu of the Statue of Liberty) and it says “Give me your felons, your sexual predators, your huddled illegals seeking welfare and social services.” And his legacy: That’s what we got!
Their mistake was not finishing the job.
Bttt!
But, but he’s Jorge’s special guest!
Ms-13 are very bad people. They may need some real men to teach them instead of bush.Americans must take their country back. I travel all over the world but when I am in the US its the greatest.
How much time did this a$$wipe spend in jail for the burglary? BTW, as to your comment about Russia, I know someone who said that in places like Albania if you weren't in school, or had a job, that you were put on work detail building roads. You can't just be some gang member ripping people off, it isn't tolerated over there like it apparently is here in the US if you're an illegal alien.
Waterboard him until he names names.
And it should be run by Joe Arpaio!
Don't you just love these max sentences they spout off with? Lucky if he spends more than 3 months in prison.
As I walked out in
the streets of Lar[BANG]
The prison should be in the southern desert where it would be cheaper to operate. Tents in a desert prison camp.
Every illegal goes there for some time before deportation.
And the prisons should be long and thin, stretched across the most popular border crossing areas. Let the wannabe illegals see their future.
SSS bump!
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America’s Most Dangerous Gang
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