In 2012, the Mara Salvatrucha became the first gang to be sanctioned by the United States as an international criminal organization, participating in drug and human trafficking in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
USA offers the following rewards $5 million Information that facilitates the arrest of alleged gang leaders Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) in Honduras, Yulan Adonai Arcaga Carias known as “Pokey”, The State Department announced Wednesday.
Elle Porky is one of the 10 most wanted fugitives by the FBI and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. US pharmaceutical company (DEA), also punished this Wednesday Ministry of Finance, Blocked assets and transactions in the US.
the government of Joe Biden sees him as responsible for various crimes. Cocaine trafficking, money laundering, murder, and kidnapping into U.S. territories.
The U.S. Department of Justice indicted him last year in the Southern District of New York. Organized crime conspiracies, possession of weapons, drug trafficking.
In August 2018, a Honduran court sentenced Porky to a lengthy prison term on conspiracy and other charges.Nevertheless, the leader of the Marasalva Lucha I was able to escape from Honduran custody in February 2020.
the day of his escape, Twenty armed men in police and military uniforms broke into the courtroom where his trial was scheduled, They killed several police officers and fled with the gang leader.
Concerns about the Mara Salvatrucha Group
The Treasury Department also imposed sanctions this Wednesday David Elias Campbell Porky’s partner has also been indicted in a US court.
He was also accused of laundering MS-13’s proceeds through his U.S. bank accounts for drug trafficking.
Campbell is currently in prison in Nicaragua. He is serving a 15-year sentence for money laundering through drug trafficking.
Washington believes it is responsible for the fact that thousands of people have fled Central America in recent years trying to enter the United States.
director of Asset Management Office Treasury Department official Gregory Gatjanis declared in a conference call with journalists that MS-13 is a threat to both US and continental national security.
“MS-13 are one of the most violent gangs on the continent because of their systematic use of assassinations and their ability to intimidate civilians. They seek to destabilize the region and the rule of law.” ‘” the official stressed.
Source: Biobiochile
