US to pay El Salvador $8m to jail 300 alleged Venezuelan gang members, AP reports
Human rights groups have opposed the plan, citing reports of torture and deaths in custody in El Salvador. Read more at ...
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Bladensburg Man Sentenced to 108 Months for 18th Street Gang Involvement
Elvis Maradiaga gets 108-month sentence for his role in the 18th Street gang, with others receiving varying terms.
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Inside El Salvador’s battle with violence, poverty, and U.S. policy
The nearest cash machine is two blocks away on the turf of MS-13’s archenemy, the 18th Street gang. El Salvador’s government says that criminal gangs command an estimated 60,000 active members ...
El Salvador to imprison 300 Tren de Aragua gang members deported from US: memo
President Trump had been preparing this week to speed up the process by invoking a war-time authority to deport the criminal ...
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Crossing Continents El Salvador's Gang Truce El Salvador's Gang Truce
In March, a truce was brokered between El Salvador's two most violent street gangs and they agreed to stop killing each other. The Mara Salvatrucha and 18th Street are criminal outfits which trace ...
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Gangster Who Killed MS-13 Rival In MD Then Plotted More Murders From Jail Learns Prison Fate
A member of the violent 18th Street gang will spend the next 40 years ... federal authorities announced. El Salvador native Cesar De-La-O-Rodriguez, also known as "Lunatico," pleaded guilty ...