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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/high-ranking-ms-13-leader-arraigned-long-island-federal-court-terrorism-and-racketeering Defendant, Who Was Added to the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List in February, Was a Founding Member of the Transnational Criminal Organization’s Ranfla en las Calles Leadership StructureEarlier today, a high-ranking leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, was arraigned on a four-count indictment charging him, along with a dozen other…

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/alleged-leader-of-west-baltimore-criminal-organization-sentenced-to-5-years-of-prison-after-plea/ar-AA1AMqCu A 41-year-old arrested during a sweeping West Baltimore organized crime takedown in 2023 was sentenced to five years of prison Monday after pleading guilty to conspiracy and firearms charges. As part of the plea agreement, prosecutors from the Maryland attorney general’s office dropped over a dozen charges against James Brunson, including a count of attempted murder stemming…

https://baltimorewitness.org/39-babies-gang-member-accepts-20-year-guilty-plea-in-longstanding-murder-case/ After consulting with his defense attorney, Angela Shelton, a homicide defendant and member of the notorious 39 Babies criminal gang accepted the prosecution’s plea offer of 20 years suspending all but five. The defendant, James Brunson, 41,  accepted the deal before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John Addison Howard on March 10. Brunson, was originally charged with first-degree…

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/alleged-international-leader-ms-13-extradited-rico-charge Moises Humberto Rivera-Luna, also known as Santos and Viejo Santos, 55, an alleged international leader of the violent MS-13 drug gang, made an initial appearance today in the District of Columbia following his extradition from Guatemala to the United States to face racketeering conspiracy charges. “Keeping Americans safe from transnational criminal gangs is one…

https://mocoshow.com/2025/03/04/ice-and-fbi-arrest-alleged-ms-13-leader-in-maryland/ U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the FBI arrested David Alejandro Orellana-Aleman, a Salvadoran national and alleged high-ranking MS-13 leader, in Hyattsville, Maryland, on February 27. Authorities in El Salvador previously charged him with firearm possession, extortion, and terrorist affiliation, and he remains in ICE custody following his arrest. Per the news release: “U.S.…

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/white-supremacist-leader-found-guilty-conspiring-destroy-regional-power-grid Defendant Planned Attack in Support of Neo-Nazi Accelerationist Ideology After a six-day trial, a jury found Brandon Russell, 29, of Orlando, Florida, guilty of conspiracy to damage an energy facility. According to evidence presented at trial, from at least November 2022 to Feb. 3, 2023, Russell conspired to carry out attacks against critical infrastructure,…

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/virginia-gang-members-sentenced-decades-prison-kidnapping-and-murder Hezekiah Carney, 26, of Norfolk, Virginia, and Jayquan Jones, 22, of Richmond, Virginia, were each sentenced today to 38 years in prison for federal charges relating to the kidnapping and murder of a fellow Almighty Black P. Stone gang member. A total of four defendants have now been sentenced as part of the case.…

https://www.nottinghammd.com/2025/02/10/ms-13-gang-member-with-weapons-conviction-arrested-in-maryland/  BALTIMORE, MD—An MS-13 gang member convicted of possessing a loaded handgun was arrested in Maryland earlier this month, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. German Ronal Del Cid Carranza, 33, was taken into custody by ICE in Silver Spring on February 4, 2025 after he was arrested by Prince George’s County Police in Sept. 2022. Del Cid was…

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/54-count-federal-indictment-charges-12-members-and-associates-mongols-motorcycle-gang A 54-count superseding indictment was unsealed today, charging 12 members and associates of the Mongols Motorcycle Gang (Mongols) with racketeering conspiracy, announced Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee.  Three other individuals were charged with…

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/virginia-gang-members-sentenced-decades-prison-kidnapping-and-murder Hezekiah Carney, 26, of Norfolk, Virginia, and Jayquan Jones, 22, of Richmond, Virginia, were each sentenced today to 38 years in prison for federal charges relating to the kidnapping and murder of a fellow Almighty Black P. Stone gang member. A total of four defendants have now been sentenced as part of the case.…