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Federal and Fresno-area law enforcement announced the indictment of 10 men Thursday they say terrorized the central California town of Mendota to the benefit of the MS-13 gang. Two of the men named in the indictment — Jose Armando Torres Garcia, 27, and Jose Santos Hernandez Otero, 29, both of El Salvador — remain at-large…

A seven-count superseding indictment was unsealed today, charging 10 MS‑13 members and associates with a RICO conspiracy and murder in aid of racketeering, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. “When reports surfaced that MS-13 had established a presence in the City of Mendota in the Central Valley, a multi-agency investigation was launched,” U.S. Attorney Talbert…

Hard-hitting videos deal with gun violence, sexual exploitation CBC News · Posted: Jul 26, 2023 4:54 PM EDT | Last Updated: July 26 A trio of video game-style clips are part of a new gang-prevention campaign aimed at young people launched Wednesday by The Link, Manitoba’s largest organization helping youth and families in crisis.  The three, 15-second videos use a style similar to the video game Grand…

A Queens birdwatcher described the harrowing moment he spotted the corpse of a teenager whose murder was allegedly ordered by an MS-13 gang boss — telling a Brooklyn federal jury Wednesday, “I saw a person face down.” Eric Miller, of Bayside, was searching for birds on a trail in Queens’ Alley Pond Park on the…

With the school year beginning, police across the country have some warnings for parents. “We’ve all slipped into that summer mode where we’ve kind of let our guard down and we’re in relaxation mode,” Officer Chuck McPhilamy, the public information officer with Marietta Police Department said. He added that safety starts at home, by keeping…

An MS-13 snitch detailed an attempted hit on a 16-year-old boy Tuesday, telling a Brooklyn federal jury how the gang’s alleged leader ordered up the kill — and promoted him after the bungled shooting, which left the victim paralyzed. Jose Gonzalez, 24, testified that his former gang boss Melvi Amador-Rios — who is standing trial…

Having served less than a decade of his life sentence, 28-year-old Capone Chase joined his defense counsel over Zoom on Dec. 6 to argue his trial counsel’s ineffectiveness in addressing a suspected drunk juror among other red flags during his trial eight years ago. Capone, who was a member of the Black Guerilla Family gang,…

Homicide defendant Justin Westbrook didn’t like it when 36-year-old Damon Bailey “disrespected the Rolling 60s” Crips gang in Baltimore. At the conclusion of Westbrook’s trial on Feb. 27, a Baltimore City prosecutor told jurors that this disrespect is what led the 26-year-old defendant to shoot and kill Bailey on June 10, 2020. Defense attorney James…

Homicide defendant Damien Woods’ retrial for the murder of 34-year-old Tracy Whiting was scheduled for this September after a hung jury resulted in a mistrial last year. The 36-year-old Baltimore man was charged with first-degree murder and two weapons charges in connection to Whiting’s death on Nov. 4, 2018. Four years later, Woods went to…

Nearly three months after he was indicted for his alleged involvement in a criminal organization, defendant Ernest Hudson was denied bail on June 27 in connection to an attempted murder last spring. The 37-year-old defendant is charged with participating in a criminal organization in addition to homicide, attempted murder, drug, and weapons charges stemming back…