January 8, 2009
SACRAMENTO - A special task force says a notoriously violent gang with international ties is getting a foothold in Sutter and Yuba counties. The MS 13 gang is so dangerous that the FBI has put it on a special "watch' list.
Kids are being beaten as initiation into MS 13 ...a gang many call the most dangerous gang in America. Now MS 13 members are turning up in and around Yuba City and Marysville."We've had six validated gang members...gang members who we've actually confirmed to be members of MS." MS..stands for Mara Salvatrucha, an El Salvadoran immigrant gang that formed in LA in the 1980's. Deported members are a part of death squads that have slaughtered women and children in five South American countries. In the U-S, they've been linked to mass execution style killings as well as home invasions, drugs, prostitution and auto theft rings.
- A half dozen MS 13 linked gangsters have been arrested in the area over the past year. "Small Valley communities like Yuba City are no strangers to gang activity. But because of its stature of MS 13 in the gang world, it poses a particular problem.
- "gangs by their very nature are violent. Any Gang that wants to out violence another gang should be taken seriously," said Benardis. In addition, all gangs recruit kids who seek status and protection.
- Witness one local teen who was arrested for two shootings who just renounced his Sureno gang affilitation."He's been recruited and he's proclaiming himself as a member of MS 13," said Bernardis.
- To make matters worse, going to prison gets you points in the eyes of gang members.
0 comments:
Post a Comment