Tag: Gang-related crime
MS-13 arrests deal blow to gang leadership on Long Island
NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities said Friday they have dealt an unprecedented blow to the violent MS-13 street gang, announcing charges against nearly 100...
MS-13 arrests deal blow to gang leadership on Long Island
NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities said Friday they have dealt an unprecedented blow to the violent MS-13 street gang, announcing charges against nearly 100...
Police in Argentina arrest 4 in killing of British tourist
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Police in Argentina have arrested four men suspected in the killing of a British tourist who was shot during...
Indicted jail officers faced earlier excessive force claims
BALTIMORE (AP) - When a prisoner shattered glass panes in a control center at a Baltimore jail, the staff summoned a paramilitary-style tactical team...
Feds: Over 60 Latin Kings members arrested along East Coast
BOSTON (AP) - More than 60 members of the Latin Kings have been arrested on federal racketeering, drug and firearms charges, including the leaders...
Northern Mexico fears return to dark past after gunfights
VILLA UNION, Mexico (AP) - Mexico’s president says he wants to fight drug cartels with “hugs, not bullets,†but after 23 people were killed...
25 jail officers indicted, accused of using excessive force
BALTIMORE (AP) - More than two dozen correctional officers in Baltimore were charged Tuesday with using excessive force on prisoners at state-operated jails in...
Late detective gets attorney general’s award for MS-13 cases
WASHINGTON (AP) - A New York police detective who relentlessly investigated killings committed by MS-13 gang members before succumbing to cancer last year became...
Toll at least 21 after Mexico cartel attack near US border
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican security forces on Sunday killed seven more members of a presumed cartel assault force that rolled into a town...
Mother of slain man sues Cleveland mayor, police chief
CLEVELAND (AP) - Questions about whether an Ohio mayor intervened on behalf of his grandson in the hours after a fatal shooting have prompted...