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Suspected Gang Members, Illegal Aliens Arrested
(Orangeburg) - Seven suspected gang members are in custody and face deportation after they were arrested in Orangeburg this week.

Law enforcement officials in Orangeburg say the seven are associated with one of the most violent gangs in this country - Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13).

Capt. Rene Williams with the Orangeburg County Sheriff's Department says one of the seven is believed to have assaulted a public safety officer.

Federal agents joined the Orangeburg County Sheriff's Department and the Orangeburg Dept. of Public Safety in making the arrests.

Williams says the seven suspects are illegal aliens from Honduras. He says they'v been taken to Charleston where they await deportation back to Honduras.

MS-13 — is known as one of the most violent gangs in the U.S. It was started two decades ago in Los Angeles by refugees from El Salvador.

WLTX will have more information on the arrests, tonight at 6 p.m.