CRS: The MS-13 and 18th Street Gangs: Emerging Transnational Gang Threats?, January 30, 2008
Wikileaks release: February 2, 2009
Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service
Title: The MS-13 and 18th Street Gangs: Emerging Transnational Gang Threats?
CRS report number: RL34233
Author(s): Celinda Franco, Domestic Social Policy Division
Date: January 30, 2008
Abstract
Two predominantly Latino gangs, Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and the 18th Street gang (M-18), have raised concern among policy makers for several reasons: (1) membership in these gangs has spread from the Los Angeles area to other communities across the United States; (2) these gangs are becoming "transnational," primarily because MS-13 and M-18 cliques are being established in Central America and Mexico; (3) evidence suggests that these gangs are engaged in criminal enterprises normally associated with better organized and more sophisticated crime syndicates; and (4) MS-13 and M-18 gang members may be involved in smuggling operations and, by extension, could potentially use their skills and criminal networks to smuggle terrorists into the United States. To date, however, no evidence exists establishing a link between MS-13 and M-18 members and terrorists.
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They already knew……Fucking bastards