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Virginia MS-13 Member Gets 20-Year Sentence for Pimp's Slaying

Portillo and Arguera fatally shot Luna three times. Portillo fired two of the three fatal shots—one to Luna's chest and a second contact wound to Luna's head. A third shot entered the left side of Luna's back and exited his chest.

June 7, 2010

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Gang Intel for Officers: MS-13

Detroit Police Sgt. Harold Rochon, an expert gang trainer hosts this one-hour training broadcast covering everything you need to know about the MS-13 gang, from its origin to its identifiers - such as graffiti, tattoos, gang hand-signs and gang colors, to its method of recruiting, drug dealing, and plotting violent crimes in our communities.

May 5, 2010

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N.C. Jury Imposes Death Penalty on MS-13 Leader

The 25-year-old Alejandro Enrique Ramirez Umana (a.k.a. "Wizard") shot and killed two brothers in December 2007 in Guilford County, N.C.

April 28, 2010

Gangs

Mexican Mafia: The Most Dangerous Gang

No matter which big bad bloody band of barrio bad boys you might be dealing with, I'll bet they are taking their orders from prison-gang inmates. And when one prison gang member can walk with immunity into some street gang's turf and order them to murder one of their own, that's a clue.

April 12, 2010

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Informant Helps Jury Convict MS-13 Members In Charlotte

A federal jury convicted six members of MS-13 on a variety of charges with the help of testimony from a former MS-13 member, an informant who infiltrated the gang and video footage of the gang's criminal acts.

January 26, 2010

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MS-13 Trial Begins With Footage of a 'Beat In'

A federal trial in Charlotte began today with a goal of convicting half a dozen MS-13 gang members from one of the broadest investigations in that city to weaken a gang one expert described as totally devoted to crime and violence.

January 12, 2010

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Three MS-13 Illegals Could Be Deported In Pimp's Slaying

Three illegal aliens linked to the MS-13 gang have been indicted in the slaying of a North Virginia pimp and now face deportation back to their native El Salvador.

December 7, 2009

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MS-13 Music Video

Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, is a Los Angeles-based gang known for it's particularly violent ways. This video makes the claim that childhood friends Julio Cesar and Ernesto "Smokey" Miranda founded it. Some cliques, or "sets," have been found  in various countries around the world such as Honduras, Guatemala, Canada and Mexico.

December 3, 2009

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MS-13 Gang Leaders Put Out Hit on ICE Agent Assigned to Crackdown

El Salvadoran leaders of the MS-13 gang allegedly put out a contract on the federal agent responsible for a crackdown on its New York factions, the Daily News has learned.

November 4, 2009

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MS-13 Member And 19 Others Caught Entering U.S. Illegally

California Border Patrol agents have apprehended 20 illegal aliens, including an MS-13 gang member, about 40 miles north of the U.S./Mexico border, Examiner.com reports.

October 26, 2009

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N.Y. County Organizes Gang Unit to Combat MS-13

Following a series of vicious gang-related attacks in Suffolk County in recent weeks, some of which victimized innocent bystanders, Suffolk police will reorganize officers assigned to combating gangs across precincts into a single team, Newsday reports.

July 29, 2009

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Charlotte Federal Anti-Gang Office Established

A permanent federal anti-gang office will open in Charlotte by the end of the summer, U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick announced Wednesday.

July 15, 2009