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Members of MS-13 and other gangs are slipping across the
southern border, hidden in the waves of thousands of Mexican and
Central American migrants who continue to surge into the US.
Border Patrol officials detained five gang members in the last
week near frontier crossings at Laredo, TX., said US Border
Patrol Agent Chief Matthew Hudak in a tweet Friday.
“They attempt to evade arrest by exploiting the influx of
migrants attempting to enter our country,” Hudak tweeted.
Among those caught was a member of MS-13 and two 18th Street
gang members, he said.
Both gangs are extremely violent and have origins among Central
American immigrant communities in Los Angeles. MS-13, also known
as Mara Salvatrucha, tried to establish an east coast stronghold
on Long Island, responsible for dozens of murders in Suffolk
County beginning in 2016. After an intense crackdown, Suffolk
County authorities said they had practically eradicated the gang
in the region two years ago.
Last month, Border Patrol agents in California arrested a 28-
year-old man from El Salvador who was “a documented MS-13 gang
member,” border agents said. The alleged gang member had been
traveling in a group of Salvadoran migrants, according to Border
Patrol.
In addition to gang members, agents also apprehended two Yemeni
men who are on the FBI’s terror watch list at a frontier
crossing near the Calexico Port of Entry. The men — ages 33 and
26 — were caught in two separate incidents in January and March,
according to a statement from Customs and Border Protection.
Their identities were not disclosed.
More than 172,000 migrants crossed into the US in March, with
similar numbers expected for April, according to Border Patrol.
MS-13 gang members are transported by officers in Tegucigalpa,
Honduras on February 19, 2021.
https://nypost.com/2021/05/01/ms-13-other-gang-members-exploit- migrant-wave-to-cross-into-us/
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