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| MS-13 Gang: 96 Charged in Sweeping Crackdown on Long Island | MS-13 Gang: 96 Charged in Sweeping Crackdown on Long Island |
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| The Suffolk County district attorney’s office plans to announce sweeping criminal charges on Friday against 96 members and associates of the street gang MS-13 in what the authorities are describing as the biggest crackdown on the violent group in New York State history. | |
| The charges include seven murder conspiracies and other counts accusing the group’s members of drug trafficking, weapons sales and gang violence. | The charges include seven murder conspiracies and other counts accusing the group’s members of drug trafficking, weapons sales and gang violence. |
| Officials said the indictments capped a two-year investigation by a team of federal, state and local law enforcement officers in Suffolk County, on the East End of Long Island, where MS-13 has long had a base of operations. | Officials said the indictments capped a two-year investigation by a team of federal, state and local law enforcement officers in Suffolk County, on the East End of Long Island, where MS-13 has long had a base of operations. |
| Originally founded in Southern California by gang members from El Salvador, MS-13, known in Spanish as La Mara Salvatrucha, has been accused in recent years of several brutal murders and assaults on eastern Long Island, including the killings in 2016 of two teenage girls from Brentwood, N.Y., Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens. | Originally founded in Southern California by gang members from El Salvador, MS-13, known in Spanish as La Mara Salvatrucha, has been accused in recent years of several brutal murders and assaults on eastern Long Island, including the killings in 2016 of two teenage girls from Brentwood, N.Y., Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens. |
| President Trump has often invoked the gang as part of his anti-immigration policy agenda, describing it as an “infestation” and its members as “animals.” | President Trump has often invoked the gang as part of his anti-immigration policy agenda, describing it as an “infestation” and its members as “animals.” |
| Officials were planning a news conference on the charges later on Friday. | Officials were planning a news conference on the charges later on Friday. |