Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 9

ICE Arrests More Than 155 MS-13 Gang Members

Washington, D.C.—ICE agents continue to round up members of the violent Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, street gang in cities throughout the United States as part of Operation Community Shield.

For example, ICE agents arrested 15 MS-13 gang members during three days of operations in San Francisco April 4–7. They also arrested two MS-13 members in Boston and one in Atlanta.

The arrests are the latest under “Operation Community Shield,” an ICE anti-gang initiative launched in March to target members of the MS-13 gang in six cities nationwide. To date, ICE agents, working with their federal, state and local counterparts, have arrested more than 155 MS-13 gang members nationwide.

“Under Operation Community Shield, ICE is keeping the pressure on MS-13 in order to dismantle their organizations and disrupt their operations,” said Robin M. Avers, ICE New England Special Agent-in-Charge. “We’re sending a clear message that we will not tolerate gang violence and crime in our communities, and we’ll continue working with our local law enforcement partners to get these dangerous criminals off our streets.”

All of those arrested have been placed in removal proceedings by ICE, and some are being prosecuted criminally for re-entry after deportation.

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