U.S. law enforcement officials take part in the MS-13 National Gang Task Force meeting with law enforcement counterparts from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico at FBI headquarters, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005, in Washington.(AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
Homeland Security should get involved, not just with this gang but with gangs in general. They need to be declared as terrorists and dealt with accordingly.
Because I want criminals punished, that makes me a racist. Let's get that out there right away.
Although no Republican expected it to come to this, I firmly believe people like Teddy Kennedy knew that the ultimate manifestation of the policy behind Boland would be MS13 which endangers the life and safety of every honest American.
When we mop of this band of thugs, let's make sure their political sponsors in Congress get jailed along with them.
that usually means that the first thing they will want is
for honest american non gang member tax payers to turn in their firearms
bttt
A discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding a DALLAS MORNING NEWS article via KANSAS CITY STAR: "FBI BULLETIN OUTLINES POSSIBLE TERRORIST PLOT AT TEXAS BORDER" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The plot, according to uncorroborated information provided by an FBI informant, involves a man, described as an Arab who goes by the nickname "El Espanol," and Ernesto Zatarin Beliz, also known as El Traca, a reputed Mexican drug trafficker and member of the Zetas, the feared enforcers of the notorious Gulf cartel.") (July 17, 2005) (Read More...)
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 article published in wvgazette.com - THE CHARLESTON GAZETTE: "VICIOUS MS-13 STREET GANG BRINGING ITS BLOOD LUST TO W. VA" (August 14, 2005) (Read More...)
RICO should be initiated!
http://www.wtop.com/index.php?nid=104&sid=557906
"19 Charged for Gang Violence in Maryland"
Updated: Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005 - 3:57 PM
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) -
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The indictments released Thursday say the men committed shootings, kidnappings and other gang-related crimes from April 2003 through June of this year. Six people were slain and gang members allegedly attempted to kill five others.
Montgomery County police arrested 12 people this month after MS-13-related attacks in which six teens were stabbed at a high school and shopping mall. Prince George's County police are investigating possible MS-13 links to recent stabbings as well.
The federal indictment, which a grand jury handed up Tuesday, accuses the 19 men of violating federal racketeering law. It does not charge them with individual crimes such as homicide or assault.
MS-13, also known as Mara Salvatrucha, originated in Los Angeles among Central American immigrants. An estimated 10,000 MS-13 members are in the United States, many in the Washington suburbs, which have a large population of Central American immigrants."
Aim directly between the M and the S and I think that should take one down nicely.
Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.fbi.gov/page2/sept05/ngtf090905.htm
CRACKING DOWN ON VIOLENT GANGS
International Effort Nets 650 Arrests
09/09/05
In cooperation with our local, state, federal, and international partners, the FBI’s MS-13 National Gang Task Force (NGTF) coordinated a series of arrests and crackdowns across the nation and throughout Mexico and Central America this week. The operation resulted in a series of arrests, searches, detentions, and other law enforcement actions. At the conclusion of the operation, more than 650 individuals had been taken into custody.
Law enforcement agencies in five nations participated in the operation targeting members of Mara Salvatrucha-13 and similar violent gangs. Most of the arrests were made Wednesday, with more than 6,400 police officers, federal agents and other officials taking part in 12 states and five countries: the U.S., El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico.
“The gangs are organizing internationally, and so are we,” said Chris Swecker, FBI assistant director in charge of our Criminal Investigative Division, discussing the operations Thursday. He called the operations “historic and unprecedented in scope.”
In the United States, 73 individuals were arrested on a range of charges, including immigration violations. In El Salvador, more than 237 individuals were arrested, in addition to 162 in Honduras, 98 in Guatemala and 90 in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Police in each country conducted separate operations coordinated through the FBI’s MS-13 NGTF.
Law enforcement officials recovered at least one weapon possibly linked to a murder during the raids, as well as numerous other weapons and drugs, Swecker said.
The FBI’s MS-13 NGTF was established last year to help coordinate and focus law enforcement efforts to combat MS-13 and similar gangs. There are an estimated 10,000 MS-13 members in the United States and an additional 50,000 in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico.
Members of MS-13 have been identified in 33 states, the District of Columbia, Mexico and Central America. In the United States, the largest concentrations are in California, Northern Virginia, and New York.
“We are very happy with the cooperative effort by the U.S. in fighting the so-called Mara, or gangs,” said Hector Salazar-Ochoa, captain in the Guatemalan National Civil Police. He and representatives from the other participating nations appeared with Swecker at FBI headquarters to announce results of the operations.
“The ultimate goal of the task force is to dismantle MS-13 and disrupt the threat it poses to our domestic and national security,” Swecker said. The arrests—as well as searches, detentions, and other actions taken this week—were not a culmination of a particular investigation, but part of an ongoing battle against the gangs.
In the United States, the arrests involved over 625 officers from more than 30 state and local law enforcement agencies and officials from the FBI, the Bureau of Prisons; Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Customs and Border Patrol; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the U.S. Marshals Service; and the Drug Enforcement Agency. Additionally, agents from the Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service provided assistance in the coordination of the foreign operations.
“By bringing together resources from the local, state, federal and international law enforcement community, all levels of U.S. law enforcement and our international partners are working together and sharing information,” Swecker said. “This represents a beginning, another step in an ongoing national and international effort to go on offense and to strike back against gang violence.”
MS-13 ping.