Archive for August 2023
Four MS-13 Gang Members Sentenced for Racketeering Conspiracy and Murder.
Four men were sentenced in Maryland for their participation in La Mara Salvatrucha, a violent international gang commonly known as MS-13. Jose Henry Hernandez-Garcia, aka Paciente, 29, of Annandale, Virginia, was sentenced today to life in prison. Agustino Eugenio Rivas Rodriguez, aka Terrible, 26, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was sentenced on Aug. 1 to 16…
Read MoreRevealed: neo-Nazi active club counts several of US military as members
A neo-Nazi “active club” counts several current and former members of the United States military as its members, the Guardian has learned, including a lance corporal machine gunner currently in detention on insubordination charges and a former US Marine Corps staff sergeant who was booted from the service for stealing large quantities of ammunition. Lance…
Read More17-year-old arrested in Philadelphia in connection with terrorism probe
A 17-year-old teenager has been arrested in Philadelphia in connection with a terrorism probe. During a press conference on Monday, FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Philadelphia Field Office Jacqueline Maguire said the 17-year-old male was arrested Friday on state charges and was allegedly communicating with the group Katibat al Tawhid wal Jihad (KTJ).…
Read MoreTwo charged with having explosive devices
City police discovered explosive devices at a Fairview Street residence Sunday while searching for a shooting suspect. The department was called by the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office to assist in locating a person of interest in a shooting incident which had occurred earlier in their jurisdiction, according to a written statement. The suspect was located…
Read MorePolitical Leader In Ecuador Is Killed Less Than A Week After Presidential Candidate’s Assassination
The unprecedented violence shaking Ecuador claimed the life of another political leader Monday, bringing the number of politics-related slayings within the last four weeks to three, including that of a presidential candidate. The fatal shooting of Pedro Briones, a local leader of Revolución Ciudadana, the party of former President Rafael Correa, was confirmed by Luisa…
Read MoreKey TN Senate Republican proposes tougher penalties for threats of mass violence
As debate on gun confiscation has swirled across the state, Senate Speaker Pro Tempore Ferrell Haile, R-Gallatin, has worked through the summer to identify a proposal that could help prevent mass violence that Covenant families and the National Rifle Association can agree on. “We’ve threaded a needle,” Haile said in an interview. “It’s taken three…
Read MoreTop U.S. cyber official offers ‘stark warning’ of infrastructure attacks if China tensions escalate
China’s hackers have been positioning themselves to conduct destructive cyberattacks on U.S. critical infrastructure, a top U.S. cyber official warned Saturday. Speaking at a panel at the Def Con hacker conference in Las Vegas, Jen Easterly, the director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, said, “I hope that people are taking seriously a pretty…
Read MoreBritain warns of possible terrorist attacks in Sweden
Britain on Sunday warned citizens going to Sweden of possible terrorist attacks following Koran burnings by anti-Islam activists that have outraged Muslims. In updated travel advice, Britain’s foreign ministry said Swedish authorities had successfully disrupted some planned attacks and made arrests. “You should be vigilant at this time,” it said, adding that “terrorists are very…
Read MoreIran arrests four more after fatal shooting at Shia shrine
Iranian authorities have arrested four more suspects after detaining a lone gunman in the killing of at least one person at a Shia Muslim shrine, state media reported on Monday. The attack came less than a year after a similar one on the same holy site, the Shah Cheragh mausoleum in Shiraz, capital of Fars…
Read MoreMassachusetts man pleads guilty to bomb threat aimed at then-Arizona Secretary of State
A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to sending threats two years ago to Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs when she was the secretary of state, the U.S. Justice Department said Friday. James Clark, 38, entered a guilty plea to one count of sending a communication containing a bomb threat to an election official, according to a…
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