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  • Congress moves to halt onslaught of violent Maras gang (MS-13)

    06/12/2005 7:02:51 AM PDT · by SwinneySwitch · 42 replies · 2,479+ views
    The Monitor ^ | June 12,2005 | Daniel Perry
    EDCOUCH — The mid-April incident looked like a typical one for the Edcouch Police Department: two men caught and charged with multiple counts of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon while committing a home invasion. But something stood out to Police Chief Jose Perez as one of the suspects was being interviewed by his officers. The male suspect, who said he lived in the Elsa area but was really an undocumented Mexican citizen, said in Spanish to watch out for the Mara Salvatrucha-Treces, also known as the Maras or MS-13. The group has ties to Central America but began forming...