The MS13 Moves (Again) to Expand on US East Coast
Written by Héctor Silva Ávalos
Friday, 02 December 2016
Local police and justice officials are convinced that the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) has strengthened its presence along the East Coast of the United States. The alarm follows a recent spate of violence -- of the type not seen in a decade -- which included dismembered bodies and the murders of several youths. Investigations also show an increase in communications between MS13 members incarcerated in El Salvador and gang cliques in Massachusetts, Virginia, New York, New Jersey and Maryland. And they illustrate that the incarcerated gang leadership has given explicit orders for the cells in those areas to take back the East Coast.
http://www.insightcrime.org/investigations/ms13-moves-expand-us-east-coast
