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Department also facing scrutiny of validation process for identifying members MoCo gang activity remains ‘consistent’ since 2023, police official says At least 19 validated gangs are operating in Montgomery County, though more likely have gone unreported, and their activity remains “consistent” since 2023, according to Captain Ian Clark, director of the police department’s Special Investigations…

Barrio 18 joins MS-13, Tren de Aragua and a number of Mexican cartels, including the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, in holding the foreign terrorist organization designation. MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Trump administration Tuesday designated the Barrio 18 gang as a foreign terrorist organization, joining other Latin American criminal groups receiving…

A man was sentenced to more than two decades in prison after a jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter and weapons charges in the death of a fellow inmate at the Dorsey Run Correctional Facility in Jessup.DeAndre Allen, 36, of Prince George’s County, was handed a sentence Wednesday of 23 years with 854 days’…

Office of Public Affairs | Eight MS-13 Gang Members Plead Guilty to Multi-Year Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Murders and Witness Tampering | United States Department of Justice Monday, September 8, 2025For Immediate ReleaseOffice of Public AffairsEight members of the violent transnational criminal organization Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, pleaded guilty today to charges stemming from…

Man sentenced to life for 2022 MS-13 execution-style shooting in Montgomery County GAITHERSBURG, Md. (7News) — MS-13 gang member Edgard Castro-Contreras was sentenced to life in prison, plus an additional 52 years, on Monday for the 2022 shooting death of 20-year-old Edvin Agustin Leon in Gaithersburg, Maryland. According to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office,…

https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/frederickcounty/us-marshals-rescue-missing-teen-during-operation-to-arrest-alleged-ms-13-gang-member-in-frederick-county?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMDZ3VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHoua36jWIKRbfmKZBuuyUoDdY2Psh8ITPHMN_QrAjOxh_xXopC4E-kT_wV2p_aem_WVRYafUu5DBG_OmlwO8lBA#google_vignette FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. — A fugitive apprehension operation has ledto the finding of a missing teen and the arrest of a citizen of El Salvadorin Frederick County.U.S. Marshals, in coordination with the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office,U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – Enforcement andRemoval Operations (ERO), and Homeland Security Investigations,coordinated the operation on Thursday.Law…

https://thedailyrecord.com/2025/08/07/maryland-supreme-court-kingpin-statute-freedom-of-information-farm-odors BOTTOM LINE: Where a man was convicted of promoting a criminalorganization, because he stood by while another man spray painted a gangmessage on a wall, his conviction was vacated. There was no indication heever occupied any leadership role in the gang or that he directed, planned orotherwise exercised discretion in connection with the offense.CASE: Williams v.…

New federal indictment links MS-13 to 3 Baltimore killings – The Baltimore Banner In the fall of 2023, police say, 17-year-old Carlos Ivan Oseguera Funez was seen climbing into a white sedan in Southeast Baltimore. Just prior, he had sent a message to a friend: He was on his way to meet a girl he…

U.S. Marshals Collaborate with Interagency Partners to Locate, Arrest Violent Criminal Alien Gang Members | U.S. Marshals Service Washington, DC – Throughout the spring and summer months of 2025, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) has focused collaborative enforcement efforts on violent criminal alien fugitives in support of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Make…

Investigation underway after 2 men shot, killed in Northeast DC | DC News Now WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A double-homicide investigation is underway in the District after two men were found shot in Northeast Sunday, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. At 12:03 a.m. on June 22, officers were patrolling near the 1800 block…