BORDER
NEWS WATCH SPECIAL EDITIONS - 8/2020
8/7/2020 BORDER NEWS WATCH SPECIAL
EDITION
After a
Lull, the Number of Migrants Trying to Enter the U.S. Has Soared
'A public
health disaster': As coronavirus-fueled border surge
looms, is Trump administration prepared?
Arrests of
illegal border crossers have spiked 237% despite Trump effort to deter migrants
Apprehensions at the Border
Are Up, Yet Remain Well Below 2019’s Historic High
Three
Takeaways from the Capture of ‘El Marro’ in Mexico
Agents
Uncover “Most Sophisticated Tunnel In U.S. History” Near Yuma
DIGGING DEEPER: New cartel
expanding power beyond Mexico
More than 30
arrested as Border Patrol executes federal warrant at No More Deaths camp
The
Brutality Continues at the Southern Border
PODCAST:
How COVID-19 Is Changing Immigration and Security along the US Border
Photos:
Monsoon Storm Washes out Border Wall Construction
Monsoon
storm floods border wall project across Arizona's San Pedro River
Arizona’s
Beloved San Pedro River Is about to Meet the Rising Wall on the US-Mexico
Border
BLM transfers
federal land to Army for border security
Agents Seize
Two Vehicles and Arrest 34 Illegal Aliens in Failed Human Smuggling Attempt
Border Patrol agents arrest US citizen smuggling illegal aliens in trunk of car
U.S. Customs
and Border Protection agents foil multiple drug-smuggling attempts involving
tractor-trailers
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Subject:
interesting
article especially the numbers over past 3 years
From the Oval Office last week, President Donald J. Trump announced the conclusion of a multi-year investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) that led to the takedown of 17 members of the MS-13 gang. These arrests took place in Las Vegas and Los Angeles with the assistance of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). During this bust, HSI seized five pounds of methamphetamine, $28,000 in cash, and 14 firearms. Gang members were charged on 21 counts, including a violation of the Kingpin statute and transporting large quantities of methamphetamine from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
This operation required cooperation and collaboration between federal and local law enforcement. Francisco Burrola, special agent in charge for the HSI Las Vegas office explained in an ICE release, "Gang-related violence and criminal activity present an ongoing challenge for law enforcement everywhere. Our efforts to dismantle gangs are much more effective in areas where partnership with local law enforcement is strongest."
A large-scale arrest such as this will have a strong negative effect on the MS-13 criminal enterprise as a whole, according to officials involved in the operation. U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada Nicholas Trutanich said, "Our office is proud to contribute to making our streets safer and stopping MS-13 from using a well-worn path between Los Angeles and Las Vegas to develop a greater presence in Las Vegas.”
Special Agent in Charge Patrick Gorman, San Francisco Field Division, ATF emphasized, "Gangs are one of the nation's key distributors of narcotics and are flagrant in their use of firearms to carry out violence and intimidation…through ATF's collaborative Crime Gun Intelligence Model, local, state, and federal partners diligently pursue violent criminals and the sources of their crime guns to remove them from our communities.”
As explained in the indictment, the MS-13 gang began in Los Angeles and now has “cliques” all over the United States. The gang-members who lead these cliques are known as “Homeboys” and must go through a “jumping in” ceremony before they can make final decisions effecting the clique. This indictment charged three defendants who were "Homeboys" in the MS-13 Hollywood Locos and Fulton cliques. It also charged ten defendants with illegally possessing and selling weapons and silencers. Two other defendants, Juan Angel Reyes “Angel” and Eder Cruz-Salguero “Mysterio,” currently have warrants out for their arrests but have not been detained.
As Clark Country Sherriff Joseph Lombardo claimed in the ICE release, "the magnitude of this operation will have a huge ripple effect on this criminal enterprise. Dangerous gangs like these contribute to the decay of our communities by bringing drugs and other violent crime to our streets.”
In total, ICE has arrested 12,000 gang members the past 3 years, of which 1,600 were MS-13 gang members. U.S. Attorney Trutanich said, “As a result of the hard work and substantial resources dedicated by our local and federal law enforcement partners, this collaborative effort has disrupted MS-13's leadership and significantly undermines the gang's ability to engage in violence and other criminal conduct in Nevada, California, and elsewhere throughout the country."
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Archive
of selected articles:
Trump Is on
Point: The Covid-infected Are Fleeing Mexico...for US
Hospitals
Is
Mexico’s COVID-19 Peak Spilling Over Into the U.S.?
Stop
the Southern Covid19 Surge Cover-up
A
Texas hospital overwhelmed by the coronavirus may
send some patients home to die
End of 8/7/2020 BORDER NEWS WATCH SPECIAL
EDITION