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Gang may have Tri-State roots Three men are arrested in Nashville for a drive by shooting in Huntingburg last August. Huntingburg Police say the three Hispanic males face a list of federal charges as well because they're associated with a very violent gang. Huntingburg Police worked with federal authorities and a special gang unit with the Nashville Metro Police Department in Tennessee. The three members did not injure anyone during the drive-by shooting. But they're facing serious charges because of their activity with the violent gang Mara Salvatruchas. At 3rd and Geiger Streets in Huntingburg three male members of the...

Federal agents believe they've intercepted intelligence from the notorious Mara Salvatruchas gang who seem to be planning to assassinate federal and local police in the coming days. They have forwarded a safety memo to area authorities. In the intelligence bulletin obtained by Action 4 News, a confidential informant in Virginia claims the Mara Salvatruchas have designated October 30 as "Kill A Law Enforcement Officer Day". The memo cites the informant as someone who's provided reliable information in the past. Reliable or not, Valley police aren't taking chances. In Hidalgo, chief Vernon Rosser believes everyone has their guard up. "Along the...

MIAMI - Miami police say they arrested a member of a violent street gang as he pushed a shopping cart carrying two .22-caliber rifles and a shotgun.Police arrested Edwin Reyes, 23, a citizen of Honduras, in downtown Miami Tuesday. They said he is a member of MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha 13).Reyes' arrest is part of a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement anti-gang initiative called "Operation Community Shield." Since Operation Community Shield was launched late last month, ICE agents working with their federal, state and local counterparts have arrested more than 103 MS-13 gang members, including 24 in Miami.Reyes will be prosecuted...

It's not a banner day for any government when a group of its own citizens form a posse to guard it's national border and are publically threatened one of the world's largest drug smuggling operations. This has recently happened at a section of the US border near Tucson, Ariz. The citizens preparing to set up a vigil on the border dub themselves "The Minuteman Project." In their manifesto, they state the following. "This project is the result of our government failing to do its most basic duty: protecting each State in the Union against invasion (Article IV, Section 4 of...

Just when I convince myself that it really is all going to heck in a handbasket. Just when it looks like no one has an ounce of sanity left in them at all. Something surprising happens that completely knocks me off kilter and forces me to reevaluate. Today, finally, the LAPD has received a wake-up call on illegal immigration. Today, they finally realized that allowing a gang like MS-13 to operate out of the barrios of East LA could not coexist with their mission of upholding the law and protecting the peace. Against a stark backdrop of growing violence and...

— Border Patrol agents arrested an alleged Mara Salvatruchas gang member after he illegally crossed the Rio Grande Tuesday morning. Border Patrol McAllen Sector spokesman Roy Cervantes said agents detained the El Salvador man near Brownsville. Cervantes would not release the man’s name or age due to ongoing Tuesday afternoon interviews. But Cervantes said agents identified him as a member of the Mara Salvatruchas gang through his tattoos. Cervantes said the man would be interviewed, charged with illegal entry into the United States and processed for deportation. The suspected gang member is expected to appear today in Federal court.

WASHINGTON – Some 103 suspected members of a violent criminal street gang that has been linked to al-Qaida and other terrorist groups have been arrested in seven U.S. cities, the government announced today. The target of the massive sting operation was Mara Salvatruchas gang – also known as MS-13 – whose members have been known to behead victims and attack with grenades and machetes. The raids, which began in January, are part of the first nationwide crackdown on the Central America-based gang that boasts members throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada. The group specializes in cross-border drug-dealing, arms-running and...

Feared gang using area only as conduit, officers say MATAMOROS, March 8, 2005 — Despite several recent arrests, officials from both sides of the border insist that members of the feared Central American gang Mara Salvatruchas are using the Rio Grande Valley as a conduit for other destinations in the United States and not setting up operations here. The violent street gang is allegedly involved with drug smuggling, human trafficking and murder for hire. Its members also have been accused by American federal officials of meeting with al-Qaida operatives to smuggle terrorists into the United States. But based on arrests...

Violent, terror-connected gang threatens to confront civilian immigration patrols It looks like there is going to be a second "showdown at the OK Corral" in Tombstone, Ariz., April 1. A leader of the violent, terror-connected Latin American gang Mara Salvatruchas, Ebner Anivel Rivera-Paz, has reportedly issued orders from federal prison to members of his international criminal organization to teach a lesson to a group of Americans taking border control into their own hands. The American civilians, known as the "Minutemen," say they have some 750 volunteers ready to show up in Tombstone to start policing the border and dealing with...

MATAMOROS, March 1, 2005 — An El Salvador man remained in federal custody Monday after he allegedly kidnapped his 22-month-old son from Houston and then tried to smuggle three Central American immigrants into the United States last week. Mexican authorities said they arrested Fredy Antonio Fuentes Gutierrez, 29, Thursday after they received information that he was staying in the area. Fuentes allegedly kidnapped his son from his mother Brenda Alvarez in Houston and took him to Mexico last week. Alvarez could not be reached for comment Monday. Houston area law enforcement officials could not confirm the kidnapping report at press...