Posted on 01/05/2005 4:01:55 AM PST by Straight Vermonter
A burgeoning East Boston-based street gang made up of alleged rapists and machete-wielding robbers has been linked to the al-Qaeda terrorist network, prompting Boston police to ``turn up the heat'' on its members, the Herald has learned.
MS-13, which stands for La Mara Salvatrucha, is an extremely violent organization with roots in El Salvador, and boasts more than 100 ``hardcore members'' in East Boston who are suspected of brutal machete attacks, rapes and home invasions. There are hundreds more MS-13 gangsters in towns along the North Shore, said Boston police Sgt. Detective Joseph Fiandaca, who has investigated the gang since it began tagging buildings in Maverick Square in 1995.
In recent months, intelligence officials in Washington have warned national law enforcement agencies that al-Qaeda terrorists have been spotted with members of MS-13 in El Salvador, prompting concerns the gang may be smuggling Islamic fundamentalist terrorists into the country. Law enforcement officials have long believed that MS-13 controls alien smuggling routes along Mexico. The warning is being taken seriously in East Boston, where Raed Hijazi, an al-Qaeda operative charged with training the suicide bombers in the attack on the USS Cole, lived and worked, prosecutors have charged.
Also, the commercial jets that hurtled into the World Trade Center towers in New York City were hijacked from Logan International Airport.
``The terrorist aspect, especially when you think in terms of 9/11 and how intent these terrorists are, will turn the heat up on our efforts with MS-13,'' Fiandaca said. MS-13 members congregate near the Maverick Square train station sporting white and blue bandannas, their skin inked with spider webs and ``laugh now, cry later'' clown faces.
``MS-13 is the most dangerous gang in the area,'' Fiandaca said. ``They are big. They are mobile. Now they have a terrorist connection.''
The theory that Salvadoran criminals manage to smuggle people over the border was bolstered this month when two Boston men described as MS-13 leaders were spotted on the North Shore days before Christmas - a year after they were deported by Boston Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigators for gang-related crimes.
One of the two men, Elmer ``Tiger'' Tejada, 24, who had been deported after being convicted of a slew of crimes, including attempted murder charges for hurling a machete at Chelsea cops, was busted in Lynn on New Year's Day. Tejada is described as ``an original MS-13 member'' from East Boston, sources said.
A manhunt has been launched for the second fugitive, who is in the country illegally, Boston police said.
The growing number of MS-13 members, and the degree of violence the gang engages in, prompted investigators from 14 local and national agencies to form the North Shore Gang Intelligence task force in 2000, Fiandaca said.
Among the most notorious local crimes attributed to MS-13 was the gang rape of two deaf girls, one 14, the other 17, in a Somerville park in 2002. Three MS-13 gang members were charged in the brutal rapes, during which one victim was knocked from her wheelchair before the assault.
Yes, so is Southie, and Westie
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More than one million people fled from El Salvador civil war in the 80s and 90s. The Salvadorian refugees and immigrants initially settled California and Washington, D.C.. Some had ties with La Mara, a violent street gang from El Salvador. Others had been members of the Marxist paramilitary group Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMNL) during the war. FMNL was made up of Salvadorian peasants who were trained as Marxist guerilla fighters. Many were adept at using explosives, firearms, and booby traps.
Most settled in the established Hispanic neighborhoods of the "Rampart" area of Los Angeles. In the late 1980s, members of La Mara and FMNL formed what is now known as the Mara Salvatrucha (MS) street gang in Los Angeles. MS quickly developed a reputation for being organized and extremely violent. MS membership continues to be fed by refugees from groups like FMNL.
Further reading:
Bush 2004 campaign supporter Hector "El Loco" Hernandez displays a "W" sign outside local GOP headquarters. Hernandez says he supports the President for signing muliple extensions of "Temporary Protected Status" amnesties for Central American illegal immigrants. "Thanks to Boosh - I got it made", remarked Hernandez, "I can stay forever! I 'specially like too how he fight so I can keep my matricular card and driver's license"
Hmm your from Canada? Ha ha what a joke you live in a Marxist and socialist country. Just because your used to having your freedoms taken away doesnt mean that the rest of the world should follow your lead. Just curious what is your interpretation of Marxism? I think this will be pretty funny.
Thatr's right....Boston is basically an "Illegal Infiltrator-Safe Zone"...
Because these El Salvadoran/Al Qaeda gangs are "only doing the work Americnas won't do"!
Hmmmm...Why do you think that they are getting away with that, could it be due to the fact that Boston/MA makes it extremely difficult to own a firearm/defend yourself? That couldn't be it, could it?
This image had some graffiti on it, but I'll clean that up later. I have a few more if you are interested.
Thanks for posting those very informative links.
I did not know Kerry's brownstone on Beacon Hill could be seen ..there goes the whole photo..lol I will take another look at that, it never dawned on until you mentioned it, although I am not sure which one it is.
One of my Aunts/Uncles lived rather close to Readville. I would be interested in the photos. If you can forward them to the private FR-mail that would be great.
This flag is great. I shall post it on the FR profile page.
Eastie gang linked to al-Qaeda
I swear, Mrs. Eastie and I had nothing to do with this.
Good heavans! I'd heard Savage get into this. Not Rush. Not Hannity. [Not that I can remember, anyway.] I thought, 'Maybe this was a fluke report'. But seeing all those links by XHogPilot, I'm beginning to wonder. Looks like a lot of study was done into this.
Really gloating there with that 'W'.
MS-13/Al-Qaeda Connection, 28 Feb 2005
just type it in as a keyword.
Did you see that Ever Anibal Rivera Paz AKA "El Culiche" (The Tapeworm) was recently caught?
It would be more useful, instead of conservatives blaming liberals and liberals blaming conservatives if people wrote or called their congressmen to complain about this. (This issue definitely crosses partisan lines.) The phone number for Congress is 202-224-3121. You get the general operator, then just ask for your congressman. The address for Congress is US House of Representatives, Wash. DC 20515. The address for the Senate is US Senate, Wash. DC, 20510.
You might also want to join NumbersUSA (www.numbersusa.com), an activist group which tells you to email or fax, when, on mass immigration issues, and provides the emails and faxes, so all you have to do is give your information and click the send button. If you are in Massachusetts, you might want to join Mass Coalition for Immigration Reform (MCIR). Contact ARCasimiro@msn.com.
MCIR helped prevent a bill that would have enabled illegal aliens to get drivers licenses last year, and another that would have given them in state tuition at state universities. NumbersUSA is partly responsible for the Real ID bill (which would prevent illegal aliens from getting drivers licenses anywhere in the country) passing in the US Congress. The US Senate still has to pass it, and that's going to be harder, but if you join NumbersUSA, you may be able to help make it happen.
So please, instead of arguing with each other, help us secure the borders.
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