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Mara gang member arraigned after attempt to enter Brownsville
The Brownsville Herald ^ | Dec. 8, 2004 | SERGIO CHAPA

Posted on 12/08/2004 1:51:02 AM PST by Marine Inspector

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To: texastoo

Stop pinging me, you dimwit.


21 posted on 12/08/2004 10:12:05 AM PST by Howlin (W, Still the President)
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To: Travis McGee

See post #21. I think I was right.LOLOLOL


22 posted on 12/08/2004 10:19:58 AM PST by texastoo (a "has-been" Republican)
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To: Marine Inspector; backhoe; piasa; All
ON THE NET...


OFFICER.com (NBC4.com): "THREAT REPORTED AGAINST PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY POLICE" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "PALMER PARK, Md. -- Police officials in Prince George's County, Md., say they are taking a very ominous threat against their officers very seriously. Law enforcement officials say they have received tips indicating that a violent street gang known as MS-13 may be planning to ambush and kill police officers.") (Updated November 12, 2004) (Read More...)
SEATTLEPI.com - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER (AP): Tegucigalpa, Honduras - "HONDURAN OFFICIAL SAYS AL-QAIDA RECRUITING" (Last Updated October 21, 2004) (Read More...)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "AL QAEDA SEEKS TIE TO LOCAL GANGS" by Jerry Seper (September 28, 2004) (Read More...)

FBI.gov - Seeking Information: "ADNAN G. EL SHUKRIJUMAH" (ALIASES: "Adnan G. El Shukri Jumah; Abu Arif; Ja'far Al-Tayar; Jaffar Al-Tayyar; Jafar Tayar; Jaafar Al-Tayyar") (VIEW POSTER. Click Here.)
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FOX NEWS.com (AP): Tegucigalpa, Honduras - "AL QAEDA MAY BE TRYING TO RECRUIT HONDURANS" (August 22, 2004) (Read More...)

GOOGLE Search Term: "MARA SALVATRUCHA" (Read More...)

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23 posted on 12/08/2004 1:13:09 PM PST by Cindy
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To: texastoo; Travis McGee; All

NEW POLL UP:
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/
Do you support legislation that would secure our borders and reform immigration law?

Yes 95% 937 votes

No 5% 51 votes

Total: 988 votes


24 posted on 12/08/2004 4:25:46 PM PST by AuntB (Every person who enters the U.S. illegally--from anywhere--increases the likelihood of another 9/11)
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To: texastoo
Just curious, was this mentioned before the vote on intelligence?

I doubt it.

25 posted on 12/08/2004 6:02:14 PM PST by Marine Inspector (Customs & Border Protection Officer)
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To: Marine Inspector

More on that El Salvador gang coming up over the borders:

Central American gang may have presence in EP

The Mara Salvatrucha -- a large, ruthless Central American street gang linked to a recent bus massacre in Honduras whose members have been popping up along the Texas-Mexico border -- may be making its way to El Paso, police said.

El Paso police had their first confirmed encounter with the Mara Salvatrucha on Aug. 15, when officers responding to an assault call in a Downtown parking lot discovered a tattooed member of the gang armed with a machete.

In May, Mara members armed with machetes cut four fingers off a rival gang member in northern Virginia, which has seen a wave of violence linked to the gang, the Washington Post reported.

Earlier this month, Mexico's top organized crime prosecutor, Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, said gang members, known as mareros, were being hired as low-level gunmen for the Juárez-based Carrillo Fuentes cartel. Several men with the Mara Salvatrucha's distinctive tattoos were killed in recent months in Matamoros and Nuevo Laredo in apparent drug-related killings, the Associated Press reported.

"The drug traffickers hire them as killers, but without making them formally part of their organizations," Santiago Vasconcelos told the Associated Press. "It's a way of using their violent behavior in favor of drug trafficking."

U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz, D-Texas, whose district covers the lower Rio Grande Valley, said there was an added concern about the gang's presence along the border.

"We know from El Salvadoran law enforcement that al-Qaida is meeting with violent gang leaders in El Salvador," Ortiz said in a Sept. 2 news release.

Whether linked to Middle Eastern terrorism or not, the gang plague is considered a national security threat by authorities in Honduras and El Salvador and a potential threat to Mexico.

"They are in an area where they don't have much of a future and, unfortunately, they've gone into a gang mode," Werge said.

http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/borderland/20050103-7469.shtml


26 posted on 01/03/2005 9:39:39 PM PST by FITZ
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