Brenda Paz was just what law enforcement needed: someone who could break open the secret world of one of the most dangerous street gangs in America – the gang called Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. The 16-year-old informant provided a critical window into a gang that, authorities say, has i...
Founded in 1980s Los Angeles by Salvadorean war refugees, Mara Salvatrucha (MS or MS-13) is today one of the main street gangs in the United States and northern Central America. In recent years the group has developed a reputation for extreme brutality and, arguably, ties to drug ...
A sidebar issue popularized by (((media))) and (((certain government officials and their mouthpieces))) is that racial gangs like this are allied with “black separatists” and “white supremacists” groups. This smear theme was put forth in the bogus movie Imperium, whichwe reviewed. The ...
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Trump also called MS-13 the "biggest opponents of ICE in America today" and blamed the Obama administration for allowing "bad MS-13 gangs to form in cities across the U.S." Among the president's guests at his 2018 State of the Union address were the parents of the ...
The U.S. government's concerns about gangs have heightened with the increasing growth of MS-13, both in membership and sophistication. Congress maintains an interest in crime and gang violence in Central America, as well as the related activities of the U.S. branches of MS-13 within our ...
First on "CBS This Morning," we're getting rare access to Operation Matador, a joint law enforcement effort led by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations team, to crackdown onMS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, and other trans-national gangs. ...
Diaz's neighborhood faced fights from the gentlemen and ladies of the rival gangs, "Vincent Town," and "Columbus Street." Police arrested a Columbus Street gang member for breaking into the Diaz home.After taking her children trick-or-treating on Halloween evening, Ms. Diaz ventured outside ...
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Consider for example the "Asian sex gangs" and "Asian groomer" stories that dominated the British press in 2015 and 2016 (Patel, 2017), where rather than presenting the abuse as an interplay between gender and power, stories focused on the "Asian-ness" of the abusers: "Vulnerable schoolgirl...