Posted on 07/08/2005 3:41:31 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
HOUSTON- The reputed leader of a violent gang with roots in El Salvador was sentenced to seven months in prison Friday for illegally re-entering the country, U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg announced.
Lester Rivera Paz, 29, of Honduras, is expected to be deported after completing his sentence. He has been in federal custody since his arrest in February near Falfurrias. He was indicted in March on one count of illegal entry into the United States after being deported.
Rivera, who officials say has many aliases, including "El Culiche" or The Tapeworm, Eber Anibal Rivera Paz and Franklin Jairo Rivera-Hernandez, was the Honduras leader of the Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13 gang.
He is accused of masterminding a Christmastime bus massacre in Honduras that killed 28 people.
More than 200 gang members, including several in Texas, have been arrested nationwide since the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement launched a sweep in March.
Correct. Why do half a job. Deport him in a douche bag
He'll either have to buy an offiicial identity in Mexico or sneak (take a limo) back across the border into the US. He'd by an official Mexican identity at a Mexican consulate and then melt into the world of gangs until he is caught. My bet is that between the time he is released from his 7 month sentence until the next time he is arrested in the US, he'll kill, personally, between 6 and 22 people.
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe it's costing American taxpayers 50K$ a year to incarcerate prisoners.
I think we should deport ALL the illegal alien prisoners (which make up a THIRD OF ALL PRISONERS) except for maybe those on death row...sure would save BILLIONS A YEAR and would open up slots for American criminals running around the country unabated.
Of course, it would all be in vain until we SECURED the borders & ports.
Semper Fi,
Kelly
"I commented yesterday that GW wasn't a conservative and I got gang-flamed."
Yes, well he's better than his dad, but he's a weak sister on the immigration stuff, awful, actually. We'd probably have no border at all with Mexico by this time if 9/11 had never happened.
I guess the Supreme Ct. nominee(s) will tell the tale on how conservative our beloved W really is.
And thanks, but it's not so much that I have guts, I just have a big Irish mouth and a German temper!
MS-13 Ping!
Please FReepmail me if you want on or off this South Texas/Mexico ping list.
He should be selectively eliminated....
I agree deport them once. If they return shoot them like the stray dogs that they are. No hearing just a bullet in the back of the head.
Should we give this guy amnesty?
You are in favor of it for every other criminal illegal alien.
Why deport? Just shoot him.
And a free ride to the inmate graveyard. Absolutely. Why do you ask?
Behead the bastard...then deport him.
WorldNetDaily.com: Washington - "MEXICAN DRUG COMMANDOS EXPAND OPS IN 6 US STATES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The ultra-violent, U.S.-trained elite, Mexican paramilitary commandos known as the "Zetas," responsible for hundreds of murders along the border this year, have expanded their enforcement efforts on behalf of a drug cartel by setting up trafficking routes in six U.S. states. A U.S. Justice Department memo says the U.S.-trained units have recently moved operations into Houston, San Antonio and the states of California, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. They have been operating in Dallas for at least two years, according to the feds.") (June 21, 2005) (Read More...)
A Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding an AP published in THEVICTORIAADVOCATE.com: "AUTHORITIES ARREST MEMBER OF MS-13 GANG" (June 29, 2005) (Read More...)
No, jocon307 is ugly. That's what the truth is!
Truth is a hard master to serve, for the more devotedly you serve her, the more she hurts you.
If you want to make people angry, lie to them. If you want to make them absolutely livid, then tell 'em the truth.
I will quote you for years to come......
What's to prevent him come coming back any time he wants to?
If he planned the deaths of 28 people, why not kill him?
The death penalty needs to really be brought back, not just pretend.
"If you want to make people angry, lie to them. If you want to make them absolutely livid, then tell 'em the truth."
LOL, how very true.
Wow . . . seven whole months.
That'll learn him.
Bet he's all cured after that.
For the record, I like to think that if I joined a gang, I could come up with a better gang name than "The Tapeworm."
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/opinion/columnists/datelinedc/s_351489.html
"MS13's growing threat"
Sunday, July 10, 2005
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON -- This is the time of the year that school principals meet to plan for the next school year. At one meeting in suburban New York, 360 principals, out of the 480 attending, agreed that the greatest threat confronting their schools and communities was the Mara Salvatrucha street gang, better known as "MS13," and, specifically, gang recruitment in their schools.
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 jus south of D.C."
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/july05/ms071305.htm
HOW WE'RE GANGING UP ON MS-13
And What You Can Do To Help
07/13/05
An example of an MS-13 tattoo.
They've severed the fingers of their rivals with machetes...brutally murdered suspected informants, including a 17-year-old pregnant federal witness...attacked and threatened law enforcement officers...committed a string of rapes, assaults, break-ins, auto thefts, extortions, and frauds across the U.S....gotten involved in everything from drug and firearms trafficking to prostitution and money laundering...and are sowing violence and discord not just here in the U.S. but around the world.
Remind you of mobsters? Actually, this disturbing résumé of crime and violence belongs to MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, a fast-growing, violent, and increasingly mobile street gang that’s terrorizing communities in 33 states and the District of Columbia.
MS-13, which started in Los Angeles in the late 1980s, has an estimated 8,000-10,000 members nationwide, mostly Salvadoran nationals or first generation Salvadoran Americans but also including Hondurans, Guatemalans, Mexicans, and other Central and South American immigrants. Members often wear clothing or sport tattoos incorporating MS-13 or the number 13.
What are we doing to stop MS-13? Quite a bit:
... In December 2004, we launched a multi-agency MS-13 National Gang Task Force—the first of its kind—focused specifically on dismantling MS-13 by increasing and speeding the flow of information and intelligence, coordinating investigations, and helping local and state law enforcement more easily identify the gang in their areas.
.... We're specifically reaching out to our international partners in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico to share intelligence and begin a coordinated campaign to dismantle MS-13. We've begun sharing information on nearly a daily basis, and we have an agent on the ground in San Salvador helping local authorities investigate gangs.
.... In a related effort, we've established a National Gang Intelligence Center to better coordinate and share intelligence on MS-13 and other major gangs.
What can you do to help?
Get educated on gangs. A good place to start is the 2005 National Gang Threat Assessment, which outlines major gangs by region and how communities can help stop them.
Be proactive when it comes to your children. Take a few minutes to look at A Parent's Quick Reference Card: Recognizing and Preventing Gang Involvement for helpful tips and suggestions.
If you know of any gang "hang outs"—which typically include shopping malls, night clubs, vacant buildings, and specific street corners—or have any other information on MS-13 that might be useful to law enforcement, contact your local FBI office, your local police, or our National Gang Task Force at (202) 324-5341.
For more details on MS-13, its potential connections to terrorists, and our overall anti-gang strategy, see Assistant Director Chris Swecker's testimony of 4/20/05.
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