
Nearly all of the members and associates of an MS-13 gang charged in the âmedieval-styleâ slayings of seven people in California were in the country illegally, officials said.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles charged 22 people linked to a subset of the vicious gang that’s known as the Fulton clique, members of which are suspected in nearly 200 crimes in several states over 9 years, according to a federal indictment released Tuesday.
“We have now taken off the streets nearly two dozen people associated with the most violent arm of MS-13 in Los Angeles,” U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna said.
Of the 22 defendants, 19 had entered the country illegally in the past three or four years, according to Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Los Angeles.
PROSECUTORS ACCUSE MS-13 OF 7 ‘MEDIEVAL-STYLE’ SLAYINGS, INCLUDING CUTTING HEART OUT OF RIVAL
Federal prosecutors allege the suspects operated in the San Fernando Valley, an area that recently absorbed an influx of young immigrants from Central America.
- MS-13 has as many as 10,000 members in the United States and is active in at least 30 states. Since FY 2017, 900+ MS-13 members have been apprehended at the southwest border.
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