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13 accused 'Columbus Clique' MS-13 gang members arrested in Ohio, Indiana
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Quote:More than a dozen alleged members of the feared MS-13 street gang were arrested during early morning raids Tuesday in Ohio and Indiana, the Department of Justice said.

Federal prosecutors said a grand jury had charged 10 gang members of the "Columbus Clique" with conspiracy to commit extortion and money laundering, as well as the use of firearms during a violent crime, in an indictment returned in late July.

The indictment alleges the 10 "conspired to commit extortion through the use of threatened or actual force, violence or fear to intimidate their victims into paying money to the defendants and their co-conspirators." Prosecutors said money was then sent "usually by wire transfer and often through intermediaries," to MS-13 members and associates in El Salvador and elsewhere to promote the group's criminal activities.

Besides the 10 members charged in the federal indictment, federal officials said an additional five people were arrested and charged with federal immigration offenses.

“With more than 10,000 members across 40 states, MS-13 is one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in the United States today," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement. "MS-13 members have killed children and pregnant women, extorted immigrant-owned businesses, and trafficked underage girls to sell them for sex. President Trump has ordered the Department of Justice to reduce crime and take down transnational criminal organizations, and we will be relentless in our pursuit of these objectives. Today's charges are our next step toward making this country safer by taking MS-13 off of our streets for good.”

Two of the 15 charged by the grand jury, Jose Manuel Romero-Parada and Nelson Alexander Flores, are still at large.

Federal officials say the gang has more than 10,000 members and associates operating in at least 40 states, including Ohio.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/16/13-...diana.html
08-16-2017 11:17 AM
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RE: 13 accused 'Columbus Clique' MS-13 gang members arrested in Ohio, Indiana
I don't care if they arrest them or not as long as they don't get separated from their families.

We can't have that.
08-16-2017 11:28 AM
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