Thread: Police: No MS-13 cells here (Rio Grande, TX Valley)

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Police: No MS-13 cells here
Feared gang using area only as conduit, officers say

By SERGIO CHAPA
The Brownsville Herald

MATAMOROS, March 8, 2005 â€â€

103 Alleged Gang Members Arrested in Sweep

Mon Mar 14, 2:24 PM ET U.S. National - AP


By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The government on Monday announced the arrests of 103 alleged members of MS-13, a street gang rooted in Central America where members have been known to behead enemies and attack with grenades and machetes.


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100+ Arrests in Anti-Gang Sweep
(AP Video)


Related Links
• Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) (KnowGangs.com)



The arrests, in seven cities since early January, are the first of a nationwide crackdown on Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, which is one of the largest and most violent street gangs in the United States. Federal officials estimate between 8,000 and 10,000 MS-13 members live in 31 states â€â€

Charles,

Caught the story of the arrest already. The troubling part of the article I posted, I think, is that MS 13 is using the Rio Grande Valley (AHEM --- THE OPEN BORDER) as a "conduit."

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.

If the border wasn't WIDE OPEN, these criminals couldn't "conduit" out to other areas of the U.S.

<shakin' head in disbelief!>

Hey watchman, I saw where you had posted it after I did a second seach of post, must have just over looked it 1st time.

"If the border wasn't WIDE OPEN, these criminals couldn't "conduit" out to other areas of the U.S. "

So true.

I emailed the ICE article to my PD and am going to try and get everyone to learn the tattoos etc of this group cause it's coming.

Originally Posted by Charlesoakisland

I e-mailed the ICE article to my PD and am going to try and get everyone to learn the tattoos etc of this group cause it's coming.

Charles,

Just read on the Internet where the MS gangs in Arkansas are "gearing up."

Over the last few weeks, the growing Hispanic population here in Arkansas has begun exhibiting more signs of organized gang activity. Recent graffiti appearing on the walls and sides of buildings in Russellville, Arkansas, represent territorial “tagging� by MS-13, the Mestizo gang mentioned in this article by the pro-invader “Voice of Aztlan", in fact.

Guess my property that was tagged a few years ago was indeed done by MS13, Charles. At the time I did not know of its existence but we the property owners had to bear the expense of covering or painting over the graffitti. You can bet there was lots of uproar over that but we still had to eradicate it ourselves or the city was going to do it for us and send us the bill. My renter painted over it and I gladly gave him a deduction in that month's rent. Hope these were wanna-be MS13 because that is still a fairly small town where that property is.