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Apr 23, 2023 · It’s important to note that there aren’t any prominent Washington DC gangs, such as Bloods and Crips, as people are mostly aligned with their crew or neighborhoods in the DMV. Hood Map Key: Red = SouthEast DC. Blue = NorthEast DC. Green = SouthWest DC. Black = NorthWest DC. Gold = PG County.
WASHINGTON — A decade ago, the gang MS-13 was weakened to the point it was considered a lower priority for law enforcement in the D.C. metro region. But a series of factors has given new...
Jul 24, 2018 · Brenda Paz’s murder on July 13, 2003 marked the beginning of an aggressive and revitalized effort to combat the Mara Salvatrucha, the largest and fastest growing gang in the United States. Tracked in 42 states, according to the 2009 National Gang Threat Assessment, as many as 40,000 to 50,000 MS-13 members exist worldwide, with 8,000 to ...
- Ines Rivera
May 1, 2024 · In 2022, Canales was among 12 MS-13 gang members and associates who were indicted on charges of racketeering, drug trafficking, and a series of murders. Prosecutors say that Canales joined the...
Jan 9, 2022 · The Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department’s gang database almost tripled in size over eight years, and nearly nine out of 10 entries with a race listed are Black people, who make up 46...
- Chris Gelardi
The report describes the secret Gang Tracking and Analysis System, the official name for the DC Gang Database, as a racially discriminatory surveillance system without real procedural safeguards to protect the civil liberties of DC Black and Brown residents.
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Apr 24, 2023 · According to Sergeant Henry Norris of the police gang unit in Prince George’s County the six main MS-13 cliques in the Washington area maintain direct ties to Mara founders in El Salvador. One of them, the “Sailors Locos Salvatruchos,” was established in 2005 as a direct extension of a clique based in the eastern Salvadoran town of San ...
