MS-13 wants to send 'younger, more violent offenders' to the US, officials say

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From the article: Many MS-13 recruits are middle- and high-school students, predominantly in immigrant communities-
Article author: 
Greg Norman; Kaitlyn Schallhorn and the Associated Press
Article publisher: 
Fox News
Article date: 
22 January 2018
Article category: 
National News
Tags: 
crime
ICE
President
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[...] They're very much interested in sending younger, more violent offenders up through their channels into this country in order to be enforcers for the gang," said Stephen Richardson, assistant director of the FBI's criminal investigative division ...

Sessions also said in December the Justice Department convicted more than 1,000 gang members in the U.S. in 2017, VOA News reported.

MS-13 is believed to be behind 25 killings on New York’s Long Island alone in the past two years...

CAIRCO Research


Treasury Sanctions Latin American Criminal Organization -

10/11/2012 - Designation Targets Latin American Gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13)

[...]  “MS-13 is an extremely violent and dangerous gang responsible for a multitude of crimes that directly threaten the welfare and security of U.S. citizens, as well as countries throughout Central America,” Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David S. Cohen stated ...

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Scourge of savage MS-13 spreads further into Nassau, New York Post, Dec 12, 2017

MS-13 gang members indicted in brutal deaths of high school students,  CNN,  March 3, 2017

Obama to expand refugee programs for Central American migrants amid new surge, AP and Fox News Latino, July 27 2016

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