Archive for October 2023
MS-13 gang members charged in death of teen found buried in Olney Maryland.
On Tuesday, the Montgomery County Police Department announced the arrests of four suspects who have been charged in connection with the teenager’s death. Pedestrian killed after struck by motorcycle in GreenbeltAccording to the department, Roberto Carlos Rivera-Delgado, Iris Tudella Alonzo-Salgado, Aracely Abarca-Melgar, and Edwin Alexander Rivas-Salvador killed Sanchez Merino sometime around May 1 and buried…
Read MoreMS-13 Gang Members Indicted for Two Murders
An 11-count indictment was unsealed on October 4, 2023 in federal court in Central Islip charging Carlos Humberto Aquino-Hernandez, also known as “Caprichoso” and “Flaco” (“Aquino-Hernandez”), who is a member of the Coronados Locos Salvatruchas subgroup or “clique” of the MS-13, the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatruchas, and Gerson Hernandez, also known as…
Read MoreEl Salvador is gradually filling its new mega prison with alleged gang members
TECOLUCA, El Salvador (AP) — With tattoo-covered faces, and wearing white shirts and shorts, gang members captured during El Salvador’s state of exception are gradually filling the country’s new mega prison. Unveiled earlier this year, the prison 45 miles (72 kilometers) southeast of the capital now holds some 12,000 accused or convicted gang members, barely…
Read MoreTrinitarios gang member convicted for role in 2019 murder.
NEW YORK, NY – William Jones, also known on the street as “Principe,” was found guilty on all charges related to the 2019 murder of Frederick Delacruz. The verdict was delivered after an eight-day jury trial overseen by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos. Jones was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, and…
Read MoreThe German chancellor condemns a firebomb attack on a Berlin synagogue and vows protection for Jews
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz strongly condemned a firebomb assault on a synagogue in Berlin on Wednesday, saying, “We will never accept when attacks are carried out against Jewish institutions.” Assailants threw two Molotov cocktails early Wednesday at the synagogue in the center of the German capital, police said, as antisemitic incidents in the country have…
Read MoreAfter blast kills hundreds at Gaza hospital, Hamas and Israel trade blame as rage spreads in region
A massive blast rocked a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter Tuesday, killing hundreds of people, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said. Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military blamed a rocket misfired by other Palestinian militants. At least 500 people were killed, the ministry said. As rage spread…
Read MoreSuspect in Brussels Attack Had Been Known to Belgian Authorities for Years
A 45-year-old man who gunned down two Swedish nationals on Monday night in Brussels and was shot dead by the police on Tuesday morning had been known to Belgian security services for the better part of the decade, Belgian officials said. For the seven years leading up to his attacks on Monday night, which have…
Read MoreFather and other family members are convicted in New Mexico kidnapping and terrorism case
Jurors on Tuesday convicted a father of terrorism charges in a case that stemmed from the search for a 3-year-old boy who went missing from Georgia and was found dead hundreds of miles away at a squalid compound in northern New Mexico in 2018. Prosecutors told jurors that the boy’s father, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, and…
Read MoreRewards for Justice – Reward Offer for Information on Abukar Ali Adan
The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program, which is administered by the Diplomatic Security Service, is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the identification or location of al-Shabaab (AS) key leader Abukar Ali Adan. Abukar Ali Adan is the deputy leader of al-Shabaab. Adan spent several…
Read MoreMan pleads guilty to terrorism offences ahead of trial for allegedly planning attack on St James’s hospital in Leeds
A clinical support worker has pleaded guilty to terrorism offences ahead of his trial for allegedly planning an attack on a maternity hospital in Leeds and an RAF station in North Yorkshire. Mohammad Farooq, 27, from Roundhay in Leeds, is accused of taking a pressure cooker bomb to St James’s Hospital in Leeds after a…
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