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Baltimore police arrested eight members of a violent drug gang operation in west Baltimore, officials announced Friday. Mayor Brandon Scott credits his Group Violence Reduction Strategy for the takedown. “We are relieved,” said resident Rochelle Parker. “We can actually walk up and down the street. We’ve come outside.” She said residents are rejoicing after learning…

Defendants Opened Fire on Innocent Bystanders.           WASHINGTON – A Superior Court jury, today, returned guilty verdicts against six men, from Washington, D.C., charged in the murder of 10-year old Makiyah Wilson. The verdicts were announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Interim Chief Ashan Benedict, of the Metropolitan Police…

Superseding Indictment Adds Charges Against Members and Associates of the Fulton Locos Salvatruchas Clique of MS-13, Including National Gang Leader Edenilson Velasquez Larin A 48-count, superseding indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging 23 alleged members and associates of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the “MS-13,”…

A grisly riot at a women’s prison in Honduras Tuesday left at least 41 women dead, most burned to death, in violence the country’s president blamed on “mara” street gangs that often wield broad power inside penitentiaries. Most victims were burned but there also were reports of inmates shot at the prison in Tamara, about…

Prosecutors on Wednesday charged an alleged leader national leader and 22 members of the MS-13 gang with murder and other acts of violence.  The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced a 48-count superseding indictment against Edenilson Velasquez Larin, “allegedly a national leader of the MS-13 and the Fulton Locos Salvatruchas (Fulton) clique,…

BALTIMORE— A joint investigation involving Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore landed a Salvadoran national 26 years in federal prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy that included murder, drug distribution and firearms charges. Jose Lopez-Rivera, 27, of Elmont, New York, received the lengthy prison sentence May 31 at the U.S. District Court for the…

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin today sentenced James Henry Roberts, a/k/a “Bub,” age 33, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 30 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise related to his activities in the Normandy, Franklin, and Loudon (“NFL”) gang, which…

Superseding Indictment Adds Charges Against Members and Associates of the Fulton Locos Salvatruchas Clique of MS-13, Including National Gang Leader Edenilson Velasquez Larin A 48-count, superseding indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging 23 alleged members and associates of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the “MS-13,”…

The Strategic Investigations Division-Gang Unit recently launched an extensive, months-long investigation into the trafficking of firearms and narcotics. This involved suspected “GMF Crew” members. During its investigation, the Gang Unit identified a home from where the criminal enterprise operated. After developing probable cause, the Gang Unit executed a court ordered search and seizure warrant on…

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A jury convicted five gang members Tuesday for the murder of a 10-year-old girl that took place on July 16, 2018. Investigators said Makiyah Wilson was on the stoop in front of her home in Clay Terrace when five men who drove to the neighborhood fired more than 50 shots,…