I used to be worried about MS-13. And then Obama became president.
The only way I see MS-13 as big a threat as him, is if they become his domestic security force.
Remember when the Rolling Stones used Hell’s Angels for security at one of their concerts? There’s your Obama model.
Perhaps he’ll just hire them to work for ACORN.
I used to be worried about MS-13. And then Obama became president.
I personally find MS-13 to be more than a little worrying: ...
Dr. Paul L. Williams, PhD
MS-13 Now Controls Mexican Border
August 1, 2009
Something bad is taking place at the border.
“We’re seeing a lot of MS-13,” says Agent Mike Scioli of the US Border Patrol. “They’re typically known to be guns for hire, they’re known to smuggle narcotics and human traffic across the border illegally.”
MS-13 stands for Mara Salvatrucha, the most violent street gang in the western hemisphere.
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But the presence of MS-13 merits special concern.
They specialize in transporting arms and drugs across the border. Most of the weapons come from El Salvador – the homeland of most of the gang members – where a hand grenade sells for $10; an M-16 rifle for $200; and an AK-47 for $1,500. The Maras have made a fortune by purchasing such weapons and selling them to members of other street gangs throughout the US.
In recent years, the Maras have taken over drug routes that had been established by other Latino gangs. At present, nearly 90 percent of the cocaine and marijuana that flows into the states comes from Mexico and the lion’s share from the trafficking remains under the control of MS. The drug business is so brisk that the gang has set up large warehouses to store the illicit drugs in Matamoros, Mexico, just south of Brownsville, Texas.
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Thousands of MS members now occupy prison cells from Maine to California for such crimes as trafficking in illegal narcotics, home invasion, burglary, carjacking, extortion, witness intimidation, rape and murder, including the assassinations of three federal agents.
Many migrants who want to cross the 1,820 mile border between Mexico and the United States must come to terms with more than three thousand MS gang members who keep watch over the border crossings like turkey vultures.
The going rate for safe passage is $5,000. Families without the requisite cash are compelled to relinquish all their possessions – family heirlooms, gold necklaces, silver bracelets, wedding rings, even their shoes and sombreros. Those with neither money nor tangible goods must come up with other offerings, including the sexual favors of their wives and children.
Those who resist payment are often hacked to pieces or tossed from moving trains. “There are hundreds who are pushed off trains by the Maras if they resist the robberies,” says Asdrubal Aguilar Zepeda, the Salvadoran counsel in Tapachula, Mexico, near the Guatemalan border. The bodies and body parts of dead migrants are often strewn along the railroad tracks from Tapachula to the northern regions of Mexico.
By controlling the leading passageways into the US, Mara Salvatrucha has transmogrified into a multimillion dollar enterprise, and, by so doing, has become a leading international Mafia.
http://www.newmediajournal.us/staff/p_williams/2009/08012009.htm
The question the ‘rats have to ask themselves is:
can MS13 work well with New Black Panthers and ACORN?