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Broward County news briefs
Posted March 26 2005

Officials deport member
of MS-13 street gang

Immigration authorities said Friday that they had deported a 23-year-old member of the MS-13 street gang, a group that has generated a storm of press reports in recent months for its brutal methods and international reach.

Elui Castillo was deported to his home country of Honduras last week, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said in a press release, after being arrested in late January. Authorities think he was involved in a string of armed robberies and home invasions in South Florida, and were able to deport him because he was in the country illegally.

The MS-13, also know as Mara Salvatrucha, began in Los Angeles more than a decade ago and has since spread across the country.

Federal immigration authorities announced 10 days ago that they had arrested more than 100 members of the MS-13 gang in a nationwide crackdown, including 24 in Miami.

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