February 17, 2021 MS-13 member pleads guilty to gruesome Boston-area playground murder: prosecutors An MS-13 gang member from El Salvador pleaded guilty last week to murdering a 17-year-old three years ago at a playground in a suburban community just under four miles north of the Boston city line, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced in a statement Tuesday.
January 5, 2021 Border Patrol arrests MS-13 gang member previously deported after illegally reentering US Border Patrol agents in California arrested a convicted felon who is a member of the notorious MS-13 gang for illegally reentering the U.S. after being previously deported, authorities said Monday.
November 21, 2020 Feds seek death penalty for MS-13 gang leader accused of gruesome NY murders The Justice Department has authorized federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against an MS-13 gang leader charged in connection to seven slayings — including the gruesome baseball bat bludgeoning of two teenage girls, according to court papers.
October 13, 2020 MS-13 gang members linked to 4 random killings in Virginia last year Four murder victims in a Virginia county were the random targets of a violent clique of the notorious MS-13 street gang, authorities said Tuesday.
September 15, 2020 NY released MS-13 gang member facing federal murder charge Bumbling state prison officials put a reputed MS-13 gang member back on the streets — even though the feds ordered him held on a murder charge that carries the death penalty, The Post has learned.
August 31, 2020 5 alleged MS-13 members charged in murder of teen girl near reservoir Five alleged members of the MS-13 street gang in Maryland have been charged in the May murder of a 16-year-old New York girl, according to a report.
August 5, 2020 11 alleged MS-13 members arrested for sex trafficking 13-year-old girl Eleven alleged members of the MS-13 street gang have been charged with sex trafficking after federal prosecutors say a 13-year-old runaway was repeatedly beaten with a baseball bat and forced into prostitution in northern Virginia.
July 21, 2020 Republican senators introduce bill to crack down on gangs like MS-13 Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., along with Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., introduced a bill Tuesday to make it easier to qualify for advanced sentencing due to gang activity and create a federal database of gang activity within the Department of Justice (DOJ).
July 20, 2020 What does the first-ever terrorism charge against MS-13 member really mean? Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its very first terrorist charge against a member of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha gang, better known as MS-13. After unsealing the indictment in Virginia against Melgar Diaz, Attorney General William Barr depicted him as the individual who “would green light assassinations” at the gang’s behest in the United States.
July 15, 2020 'Disrupt and destroy MS-13': DOJ announces first-ever terrorism charges in nationwide gang crackdown Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that the leader of MS-13 has been charged with terrorism amid a nationwide crackdown on the group.