Over 700 gang members in Central America arrested in U.S.-assisted actions

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El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have brought criminal charges against more than 700 members of cross-border criminal organizations, primarily the MS-13 and 18th Street gangs, in a U.S.-assisted effort, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday.

“The U.S. Department of Justice and our law enforcement partners in Central America are committed to continued collaboration in locating and arresting gang members and associates engaged in transnational crimes,” said U.S. Attorney General William Barr, according to the statement.

Tackling transnational human smuggling networks and gangs, including MS-13, is a top priority for U.S. President Donald Trump. The national civil police captured 572 of the defendants on charges involving terrorism, murder, extortion, kidnapping, money laundering, human trafficking and human smuggling, among others.

Guatemalan authorities seized drugs and a firearm, and filed charges for extortion, illicit association, conspiracy to commit murder and extortive obstruction.

 

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Oh dear in the same way they assisted Panama, Grenada, Iraq maybe!!

finally the US does something on the gun violence that they create with their loose gun laws

(The US was assisting the gangs.)

What happened to them?

So is this a racist Trump program? Coordinating & running an operation in multiple countries to disrupt criminal gangs that overwhelmingly target & victimize Latinos? Helping to stabilize those countries? Biden’s going to stop programs like this.

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So now there’s a power vacuum?

Well, isn't that fugging ironic? The gangs the U.S. helped create are now being arrested with the help of the U.S.

Freedom! Democracy! Human rights!

Well, that's a start, now put them in hard labor.

Only the center of the Pharaonic order receives the warnings and the union in general.

thanks for this news

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