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Feds & Dallas Police Cracking Down On Violent Gang

Jack Fink
Reporting

(CBS 11 News) DALLAS Federal agents and the Dallas Police Department are cracking down on the city's largest and most violent gangs.

Nearly a dozen of the top members of the East Side Homeboys are now behind bars. They're accused of operating both in the city and in northern suburbs. Eleven higher-ups have been arrested and indicted.

More than 100 federal and local law enforcement officers were involved in the takedown.

According to ATF and federal drug agents, the gang has been selling ice and cocaine to adults and students for years, on the streets of Dallas and other cities including Plano and McKinney. "They were distributing large quantities in our communities, in our schools, and to our children," said John Ratcliffe, federal prosecutor for the United States Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Texas.

Prosecutors say that the gang's activities have stretched as far east as Tyler and as far west as Lubbock. "It was a considerable operation they had going," said Lt. Santos Cadena of the Dallas Police Department's gang unit.

Since the investigation began in December of 2005, 32 people have been indicted. Four gang members face state murder charges. Eighteen members have been deported.

In all, agents say that $5 million in cash and proceeds will be forfeited, including nine vehicles.

Ten pounds of methamphetamine were seized from the gang, along with 30 guns. "Handguns, rifles, SKS assault rifles, shotguns and sawed off shotguns," described federal prosecutor Ratcliffe.

Police say the gang members often used these guns in violent crimes. "East Side being one of the larger gangs in Dallas, there are a number of instances of homicides related to drug trades, related to robberies," said Cadena.

While police say that this sweep put a major dent in the gang's operations, hundreds of members still remain.

If convicted, those who have been arrested face up to life in prison.

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If convicted, those who have been arrested face up to life in prison.

Then we would have to PAY to incarcerate them for LIFE. I wish we could take one of our territories, maybe Guam, evacuate all of our American citizens and then turn the island into a giant penal colony. Ship all of our "lifers" and illegal immigrants to the ISLAND and let them fend for themselves. Drop them off and the rest is up to them!

JadedBaztard wrote:

I wish we could take one of our territories, maybe Guam, evacuate all of our American citizens and then turn the island into a giant penal colony. Ship all of our "lifers" and illegal immigrants to the ISLAND and let them fend for themselves. Drop them off and the rest is up to them!

Hey, hasn't there been a couple movies made that were similar to what you're advocating for. One of them I remember starred actor Ray Loyola (sp?). He was dropped into a jungle environment that acted as a prison for very serious criminals (don't remember the name of the movie). He and the other prisoners were left to their own accord and their survival depended on joining one of two waring factions in the jungle. The other movie was "Escape from New York," starring Kurt Russell.

Instead of dropping these folks off in Guam, I recommend we build a large shark infested moat around L.A. and dump our criminals off there. Of course it goes without saying, Mayor Villaraigosa would serve as the acting prison warden (should be an easy transition since he already favors criminals illegals). Better yet, perhaps our scientist could plant some sort of eplosive charges along the California fault line (another movie )and separate the state from the rest of the country. Once separated, we could build a prison fence around the new island.

Guam is too good for them. They should get Baffin Island or another Arctic area as they wouldn't be able to escape very far due to the weather. Make it kind of like Siberria was in the days of the former Soviet Union. Another place that comes to mind is Antarctica.