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MS-13 gangster caught on ranch near Laredo [South Texas]
LAREDO MORNING TIMES ^ | 12/15/2007 | ZACHARY FRANZ

Posted on 12/15/2007 5:59:56 PM PST by SwinneySwitch

Border Patrol agents arrested a member of the violent Mara Salvatrucha gang early Wednesday morning, said Greg Salinas, a Border Patrol spokesman.The gang member, a 37-year-old Salvadoran man, has a long criminal history in the U.S. and has been deported twice before, Salinas said.

Agents from the Laredo North station caught the man, whose name was not immediately available, on a ranch near Mines Road at about 2 a.m. on Saturday, Salinas said. He was with several other people who were also illegally entering the country.

The man had tattoos identifying him as a member of the gang. Agents confirmed his identity through fingerprints, and found that he has served time in prison in the U.S. for burglary, Salinas said. The man was last deported in 2003, Salinas said.

A third conviction for illegally entering the country is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

The Mara Salvatrucha gang, commonly known as MS-13, originated in El Salvador and consists primarily of natives of that country. Most of the gang members caught by Border Patrol belong to that group, Salinas said.

In the 2007 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, 2006, and ended Sept. 30, 2007, Border Patrol Agents arrested 65 people who were identified as gang members, Salinas said. Of those, 35 were believed to be members of the MS-13 gang, he said.

Since Sept. 30, there have been 30 suspected gang members arrested in this sector, with 20 of those thought to belong to the MS-13 gang.

"We consider them a criminal organization – that's how big they are," he said.

(Contact reporter Zachary Franz at 728-2582 or by e-mail at zfranz@lmtonline.com)


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; elsalvador; enemywithin; gangs; glennbeck; immigrantlist; infiltration; laredo; ms13; wot
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To: SwinneySwitch

Jeez, what is wrong with our joke of a government?


21 posted on 12/15/2007 6:44:45 PM PST by freekitty ((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
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To: SwinneySwitch
There's something to be said for German engineering...


22 posted on 12/15/2007 6:45:39 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
Yeah, Tyson will take them.

I am sure they would. Are there any legals working there ?

23 posted on 12/15/2007 6:48:02 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: Irish Eyes

Management.


24 posted on 12/15/2007 6:51:58 PM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (Global warming is the new Marxism.)
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

ping


25 posted on 12/15/2007 6:52:13 PM PST by gubamyster
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To: Clintonfatigued

We certainly can expect more, much more. In my perverse imagination I conjure up a Statue of Bush (in lieu of the Statue of Liberty) and it says “Give me your felons, your sexual predators, your huddled illegals seeking welfare and social services.” And his legacy: That’s what we got!


26 posted on 12/15/2007 6:54:40 PM PST by T.L.Sink
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To: SwinneySwitch
Ramos and Compean.

Their mistake was not finishing the job.

27 posted on 12/15/2007 6:55:24 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: gubamyster

Bttt!


28 posted on 12/15/2007 6:56:25 PM PST by TheLion
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To: SwinneySwitch

But, but he’s Jorge’s special guest!


29 posted on 12/15/2007 8:16:28 PM PST by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Ms-13 are very bad people. They may need some real men to teach them instead of bush.Americans must take their country back. I travel all over the world but when I am in the US its the greatest.


30 posted on 12/15/2007 8:22:19 PM PST by Dutchshoe
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To: org.whodat
"Agents confirmed his identity through fingerprints, and found that he has served time in prison in the U.S. for burglary, Salinas said. The man was last deported in 2003, Salinas said. A third conviction for illegally entering the country is punishable by up to 20 years in prison."

How much time did this a$$wipe spend in jail for the burglary? BTW, as to your comment about Russia, I know someone who said that in places like Albania if you weren't in school, or had a job, that you were put on work detail building roads. You can't just be some gang member ripping people off, it isn't tolerated over there like it apparently is here in the US if you're an illegal alien.

31 posted on 12/15/2007 8:33:14 PM PST by boop (Who doesn't love poison pot pies?)
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To: SwinneySwitch

Waterboard him until he names names.


32 posted on 12/15/2007 8:42:30 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat
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To: Taylor42
"We need to build a prison in Alaska just for illegals. One year minimum term when they’re caught back in the US after having been deported. The prison will provide basic food and minimal heat."

And it should be run by Joe Arpaio!

33 posted on 12/15/2007 8:52:25 PM PST by Redbob
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To: SwinneySwitch
A third conviction for illegally entering the country is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

Don't you just love these max sentences they spout off with? Lucky if he spends more than 3 months in prison.

34 posted on 12/15/2007 9:21:41 PM PST by taxesareforever (Never forget Matt Maupin)
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To: SwinneySwitch

As I walked out in
the streets of Lar[BANG]


35 posted on 12/16/2007 12:08:47 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Liberty Valance

The prison should be in the southern desert where it would be cheaper to operate. Tents in a desert prison camp.
Every illegal goes there for some time before deportation.


36 posted on 12/16/2007 4:58:18 AM PST by Oldexpat
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To: SwinneySwitch

37 posted on 12/16/2007 6:47:27 AM PST by Gritty (Police have identified 720 street gangs in Los Angeles, with 39,315 members, 50% illegals-LA Times)
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To: Oldexpat

And the prisons should be long and thin, stretched across the most popular border crossing areas. Let the wannabe illegals see their future.


38 posted on 12/16/2007 6:18:00 PM PST by donmeaker (You may not be interested in War but War is interested in you.)
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To: Gritty

SSS bump!


39 posted on 12/17/2007 1:12:45 PM PST by TexasRepublic (Afghan protest - "Death to Dog Washers!")
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To: SwinneySwitch

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1420911/posts
America’s Most Dangerous Gang


40 posted on 12/17/2007 1:14:04 PM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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