{"id":268244,"date":"2025-03-27T18:46:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/alleged-ms-13-gang-leader-arrested-in-virginia-us-government-announces\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T18:46:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:46:05","slug":"alleged-ms-13-gang-leader-arrested-in-virginia-us-government-announces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/alleged-ms-13-gang-leader-arrested-in-virginia-us-government-announces\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged MS-13 gang leader arrested in Virginia, US government announces"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The alleged US East Coast leader of the MS-13 gang has been arrested in Virginia, the US attorney general has announced.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old suspect from El Salvador was identified as one of the top three leaders in the United States of the street gang, which has a reputation for extreme violence, Pam Bondi said during a news conference after his arrest.<\/p>\n

She told reporters: “The bad guy is in jail.”<\/p>\n

“America is safer today because one of the top domestic terrorists in MS-13… is off the streets.<\/p>\n

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“We want to make our schools safer. We want to make your neighbourhoods safer. This guy was living in a neighbourhood right around you, no longer.”<\/p>\n

The Justice Department has not yet released the suspect’s name or detailed the charges against him.<\/p>\n

The MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong> is an international criminal gang that was set up in Los Angeles<\/strong><\/a> in the 1980s. It was formed by immigrants who had fled El Salvador<\/strong><\/a>‘s civil war to protect Salvadoran immigrants from rival gangs.<\/p>\n

The group was declared a terrorist organisation by the Trump administration last month.<\/p>\n

In a Truth Social post, President Trump said: “Just captured a major leader of MS13”. He did not offer additional details.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump has previously blamed the gang’s growth on lax immigration policies in the US.<\/p>\n

Ms Bondi told reporters that the suspect was living illegally in the US, around 35 miles (56km) from Washington.<\/p>\n

She said the suspect was recruited by the MS-13 at a young age, and led the gang’s operation on the East Coast.<\/p>\n

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In 2016, two high school girls, Nisa Mickens, 15, and Kayla Cuevas, 16, were killed on New York’s Long Island – bringing national attention to the gang.<\/p>\n

The teenage friends were attacked with a machete and baseball bat by young men and teenagers who had stalked them from a car.<\/p>\n

More killing followed in the subsequent months.<\/p>\n

Over a dozen gang members have been indicted on terrorism charges – in relation to organised crime in the US, Mexico, and El Salvador – over the past two decades.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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