Latest News for: gang violence

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Trial over brutal killings sheds light on MS-13 and power of US street gangs

The Observer 27 Mar 2022
As president, Trump made combating gang violence a top priority ... “But it’s important to remember that MS-13 are one of 30,000 gangs in the US, and their violence, though extreme, is a drop in the bucket of all the gang violence that occurs in the country.�.
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El Salvador Leader Requests State of Emergency Amid Killings

Voa News 27 Mar 2022
“Is the opposition coming out to defend the gang members?� ... In 2020, Bukele’s administration ‘’provided financial incentives to Salvadoran gangs MS-13 and 18th Street Gang (Barrio 18) to ensure that incidents of gang violence and the number of confirmed homicides remained low,� the Treasury statement said.
photo: AP / Salvador Melendez
Soldiers stand guard at a bus terminal in San Salvador, El Salvador, Monday, March 14, 2022.
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El Salvador declares state of emergency over spike in gang killings

Urdu Point 27 Mar 2022
Gang violence has soared in El Salvador, with police reporting that 62 people were killed on Saturday alone ... Hours earlier, police and the military arrested several leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang over the spate of killings ... In response to the surge in violence, ...
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El Salvador considers emergency powers over gang killings

RTE 27 Mar 2022
El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has urged politicians to declare a state of emergency after authorities arrested dozens of gang members over a recent wave of bloodshed. Gang violence has soared in El Salvador in recent days, with police reporting that 62 people were killed yesterday alone.
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El Salvador's Bukele seeks emergency powers over spike in gang killings

Urdu Point 27 Mar 2022
Gang violence has soared in El Salvador in recent days, with police reporting that 62 people were killed on Saturday alone. Hours earlier, police and the military arrested several leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang over the spate of killings ... protect the gang members."
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Little Rock filmmaker Brent Renaud eulogized as fearless, kind and brave

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 27 Mar 2022
Renaud was shot and killed March 13 by Russian troops outside Kyiv, Ukraine, where he was filming civilians escaping an attack from the Russian military ... Col ... 23 ... The Rev ... The Renaud brothers' journalism brought light into Derek Brown's life, which previously held "a whole lot of hell," including gang violence, Brown said ... .
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Collaboration thrives on everyday vanity and ambition. Just look at RT’s wannabes

The Observer 27 Mar 2022
When Adolf Hitler was ascendant, the American foreign correspondent Dorothy Thompson invented the “macabre parlour game� of guessing who would “go Nazi� if the Germans invaded ... Although some thrilled to Putin’s violence, most of RT’s employees served the world’s mightiest crime gang while remaining average people with everyday concerns ... .
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Marshals searching for murder suspect who could be among homeless populations

The Morganton News Herald 26 Mar 2022
Whitson is believed to be a member of the violent street gang, known as Sex, Money, Murder ... SMM leaders were known to personally commit extreme acts of violence in the enforcement of crack deals, instead of delegating these tasks to low-level members as other gangs were known to do.
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US Marshals: Murder suspect could be among area homeless populations

McDowell News 26 Mar 2022
Whitson is believed to be a member of the violent street gang, known as Sex, Money, Murder ... SMM leaders were known to personally commit extreme acts of violence in the enforcement of crack deals, instead of delegating these tasks to low-level members as other gangs were known to do.
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Man invited to speak at Sam Houston State University symposium

Killeen Daily Herald 26 Mar 2022
... Gang Renouncement and Disassociation (GRAD) process ... Things like extortion, gang violence — and not just within the criminal justice system, but also within the neighborhoods of Killeen, Houston, Dallas, and Austin, Texas,� Holmes said ... You have gang organizations here in Killeen.
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Targeted shooting appears connected to gang conflict, Coquitlam RCMP say

CTV 26 Mar 2022
Mounties in Coquitlam are investigating a targeted shooting that sent a man to hospital Thursday afternoon, and they say there are indications that the violence was gang-related ... .
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Man injured in second Coquitlam shooting on the same block since December

CTV 26 Mar 2022
Mounties in Coquitlam are investigating a targeted shooting that sent a man to hospital Friday afternoon, and they say there are indications that the violence was gang-related ... .
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LGBTQ people in Iraq face violence by armed groups, police

Al Jazeera 26 Mar 2022
The 86-page report, extensively details cases of abductions, attempted murder, extrajudicial killings, sexual violence including gang rape, and online harassment against LGBTQ people by Iraqi police and armed groups ... As Hasan said, the community can never report violence or intimidation.
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Aunt recalls family tragedy in book on childhood justice

Albuquerque Journal 26 Mar 2022
I wish I had known more.” ... Greg Griego spent much of his adult life preaching redemption to jail inmates and gang members, and he knew something about that second chance after his own experience with incarceration and being a gang leader. His childhood, like that of Regina Griego and their other two siblings, was one of violence and poverty ... .
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Will Ohio’s permitless-carry gun law make the state more or less safe? Here’s what the ...

Cleveland 26 Mar 2022
In addition, he said, there aren’t direct measures of critical factors that drive violence such as gang conflicts or changing drug markets, nor is there data on the types of crimes committed by people with permits or whether those individuals were prohibited from possessing guns or not.
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