Saw a documentary on this the other day. She was also pregnant at the time she was brutally murdered.
But besides the individual story, the book shows just how powerful and ruthless the MS-13 has become. Given that it now has chapters in thousands of cities across the United States, and maintains its transnational structure through the clan structure in Central America , the gang (or mara in Spanish) presents a significant challenge.
I think most people do not understand the level of danger this gang presents to to US cities.
Snitching is a automatic death sentence. It is part of their "rules" Many local gangs recruit young and are simply formed to intimate and scare local citizens until they have numbers strong enough to make local communities fearful.
“I think most people do not understand the level of danger this gang presents to to US cities.”
Yes, the cities for sure, but also the quiet heartland rural America. Armed Mexican drug cartels, many of them MS13 are growing thousands of acres of pot all over our national forests and parks (you know the ones the government doesn’t want US citizens allowed to carry guns!). Several have been busted within a few miles of my mountain home. There seems to be no escape from the narco terror. Our small, underfunded county jails deal with them instead of our own criminal elements. My son manages a liquor store and gets so tired of the non English speaking ‘latinos’ coming in with nothing but $100 bills. Our county has a 19% unemployment rate and you sure don’t see our natives with big $$$.
Photos and stories about that here:
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The Mexican border has moved 800 miles north- On Lou Dobbs Tonight!
Lou Dobbs Tonight/ Broken Borders CNN Airs9/13/06
And up next, we’ll take you on a massive manhunt and raid as authorities try to crush Mexican drug rings operating inside the United States. Stay with us.
DOBBS: Mexican drug cartels are operating not only with impunity across the border with Mexico, but with impunity deep within the United States; 800 miles from Mexico, drug traffickers are now operating on the California/Oregon border in our nation’s national forests.
Authorities, this week, seized $80 million of marijuana. But officials say the bust was only the tip of the iceberg.
CASEY WIAN, CNN (on the ground in the Siskiyou Mountains): Just after dawn Tuesday, 100 law enforcement officers meet at a staging area in the Klamath National Forest.
They’re preparing to raid a massive marijuana growing operation linked to Mexican drug traffickers. These rugged mountains provide perfect cover for huge marijuana gardens, which are overwhelming the tiny Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department. So, it’s working with nearly a dozen federal, state and local agencies.
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Snitching is a automatic death sentence. It is part of their "rules" Many local gangs recruit young and are simply formed to intimate and scare local citizens until they have numbers strong enough to make local communities fearful.
I have been saying for years the biggest threat to our nation are the Latino drug cartels and gangs coming from our south. Americans are in for a schock when they wake up and see that half their country resembles Mexico.