Last week, federal prosecutors announced that three high-ranking MS-13 gang members \u2014 Vladimir Antonio Arevalo-Chavez, Walter Yovani Hernandez-Rivera, and Marlon Antonio Menjivar-Portillo \u2014 were arrested in Mexico and subsequently sent to the United States to face charges.
\nIn total, 13 MS-13 gang members are charged in the case, including six who are believed to be in police custody in El Salvador and four others who remain at large in Mexico.
\nAs part of the unsealed four-count indictment, federal prosecutors revealed that MS-13 gang members are responsible for more than 65 murders in Long Island since 2009. The figure indicates that the gang is carrying out five murders a year in Long Island communities, alone.
\nAccording to federal prosecutors, the 13 MS-13 gang members represent the \u201ccommand and control structure\u201d of the organization that includes orchestrating \u201cviolent terrorist activities\u201d in El Salvador to influence the government, intimidate the civilian population, and manipulate the country\u2019s elections.
\nMost significantly, the members are accused of authorizing and directing violence across the U.S., as well as Mexico and other countries, including countless murders.
\n\u201cThe relentless and heroic efforts of law enforcement here and in Central America are systemically dismantling the MS-13 [from] the very top to bottom,\u201d U.S. Attorney Breon Peace for the Eastern District of New York said. \u201cWe will not stop until this transnational gang and its leaders are held accountable for the extreme violence they have inflicted on our district, the United States, and the countries where this scourge is based.\u201d<\/p>\n
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