Desert Invasion - U.S.
Report: MS-13 gang hired to murder Border Patrol
By Sara A. Carter and Mason Stockstill, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
January 10, 2006
Mexican alien smugglers plan to pay violent gang members and smuggle them into the United States to murder Border Patrol agents, according to a confidential Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by the Daily Bulletin.
The Officer Safety Alert, dated Dec. 21, warns agents that the smugglers intend to bring members of the international Mara Salvatrucha street gang also known as MS-13 into the country for the deadly mission.
"Unidentified Mexican alien smugglers are angry about the increased security along the U.S./Mexico border and have agreed that the best way to deal with U.S. Border Patrol agents is to hire a group of contract killers," the alert states.
MS-13, which has a strong base in El Salvador, is considered by the FBI to be one of the most dangerous gangs in the United States, with more than 20,000 members.
Gang members have been found in 33 states and connected to murder, racketeering, assault, rapes and extortion. Last January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided six cities and made more than 100 arrests of MS-13 gang members.
Intelligence officials last year reported that MS-13 gang members had been linked to terrorists seeking entry into the country....
A Border Patrol agent who spoke on condition of anonymity said agents in the field have been worried since the release of the alert in December.
"It's not just people coming over here to pick lettuce. These gang members, criminals, are endangering American lives," the agent said.
"Our vests won't stop a rifle bullet, and many of us out here feel like sitting ducks," he added....
"The president still acts like Mexico is a friendly neighbor, when in reality it's the complete opposite," said Andy Ramirez, chairman of Friends of the Border Patrol, a Chino organization that supports border agents. "Border Patrol agents' lives are in extremely high danger, and yet the public isn't notified. When are they going to realize that threats against our law-enforcement officers are threats against this nation?"
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