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30 Aug 2002
Two Sheriff's Deputies Fatally Shot Near Washington
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD: Law enforcement officials said two Prince George's County sheriff's deputies were fatally shot on Thursday night when they tried to serve an emergency psychiatric petition at a house in the Adelphi, Maryland, area. Someone in the house opened fire on the deputies at about 21:30EDT. The deputies had entered the house without incident.
The victims were identified early today as James Arnaud and Elizabeth MacGruder, age 30. Arnaud, who had been on the force for almost 13 years, would have turned 54 on Saturday. MacGruder joined the force in February 2001.
Investigators were looking for one or two men who fled in a vehicle. It was still unclear for whom the psychiatric order was issued, who requested it and whether the home's owners or their two college-age children were involved in the incident at 9332 Lynmont Drive. MacGruder was hit in the back of the head. Arnaud was struck in the throat.
It was also immediately unclear what kind of gun was used. One deputy was shot in the living room, and the other was shot in a back bedroom. Arnaud died inside the house. MacGruder was pronounced dead at Prince George's Hospital Center. An extensive manhunt is underway at the time of this report...trying to locate two suspects believed involved in the incident.
The staff at ERRI/EmergencyNet News wish to send their prayers and
condolences to the family, friends, and co-workers of the slain
officers.
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12 June 2002
Radiological Survey Equipment Needed By Emergency Forces?
By Steve Macko, EmergencyNet News Managing Editor
CHICAGO, IL: ERRI's senior national security analyst and
retired emergency service chief, Clark Staten said that given recent warnings about attempts by
terrorist forces to attack American targets with a Radiation Dispersal
Device (RDD), it would be prudent for U.S. Fire. Police, and EMS units to
obtain and use radiological survey equipment during any response to a known
or suspected explosion. "Our recommendations would include, at this time,
that someone (as determined by the jurisdiction having authority) among initial response forces
to an explosion, be trained and equipped with
appropriate radiological survey equipment to include a geiger-counter type
device and dosimeters," Staten said. "This equipment could then be used to
conduct a preliminary assessment of the scene and determine what appropriate
protective clothing and equipment might be needed, or if other special units are required," the
veteran analyst added. "As times and tactical situations change, so
must the capabilities of our emergency service agencies...we think it only
prudent to make such a suggestion at this time," Staten concluded.
Additional reference:
1981
-"Handling of Radiation Accident Victims; A Prehospital Care Point of
View," by Staten, C. L. , Fire Command Magazine, January 1981, Pg. 14-15,
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17:00CDT - 31 May 2002
Explosive Missing in California; Reward Offered
CALIFORNIA:
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms posted a $5,000 reward Friday for information leading to the
location of a cache of explosives that was reported stolen earlier this
month. Special Agent in Charge John Torres said the explosives were stolen
on May 18 from a mining operation in Scott Bar, Calif., near the Oregon
state line border. According to officials and the Siskiyou County sheriff's
department, 700 pounds of dynamite and related materials were stolen. ATF
officials urged anyone with information to call 1-800-ATF-BOMB.
10 Apr 2002
Cop Kills Five People In New Jersey
DOVER TOWNSHIP, NJ: Police said five people were killed and two others were wounded when a veteran police officer went on a shooting rampage in two New Jersey towns. Authorities were searching overnight for one Edward Lutes, a Seaside Heights police officer for 15 years. He was reportedly later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The shootings started in Dover Township at around 22:00EDT Tuesday in two homes. Two of the unidentified victims were in a house located next door to Lutes' home and the other three victims were in a house across the street. A sixth person was wounded and taken to Community Medical Center in Toms River. It was not immediately known where the victim was at the time of the shooting.
Lutes later went to nearby Barnegat Township and shot Seaside Heights
Police Chief James Costello. He was hospitalized in stable condition at
Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune. Police could not give a motive for
the shootings...
28 Mar 2002
Man Accused Of Killing Eight Near Paris Reportedly Commits Suicide In Police Custody
FRANCE: Police said the suspect in a shooting rampage that left eight people dead at a city council meeting in suburban Paris killed himself on Thursday by jumping out a window. The 33-year-old man committed suicide while in police custody, jumping from a fifth-floor window of police headquarters in Paris. The suspect was accused of killing eight members of the Nanterre city council and injuring 19 others in a shooting attack early Wednesday.
The man, who was unemployed and allegedly suffering severe psychological
problems, had been in police custody since the attack. During a day of
interrogation, the suspect told police he often "thought about killing
someone and killing himself afterward." Television news reports said that
police found a 13- page letter at the man's home. In the letter, the suspect
recounted a failed life, saying he was disgusted with himself and with life
in Nanterre, and he wanted police to kill him.
Possible Truck Bomb Attack Warned By FBI
WASHINGTON: The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning the public that terrorists may be planning a truck bombing. While not citing any specific threats have been made in or against the U.S., the bureau on Thursday published a list of telltale signs that people should watch for. Labeled "for informational purposes only," the FBI web site warning urged citizens to be alert for the following signs, which it said might indicate plans for detonation of a truck bomb:
--Theft of chemicals or explosives.
--Theft of respirators or chemical-mixing devices.
--Rental of storage space for chemicals.
--Delivery of chemicals to storage spaces.
--Theft of a van or truck capable of carrying more than one ton.
--Chemical fires or toxic odors in apartments, hotel rooms or self-storage
units.
--Small explosions in wooded areas, which could be bomb tests.
--Reports of hospital patients suffering losses of fingers or hands.
--Chemical burns or severed hands that remain untreated.
--Surveillance of potential targets.
--Efforts to obtain blueprints of potential targets.
In the event that you become aware of such activity, please notify your
local law enforcement agencies, at the earliest opportunity.
19 Mar 2002
Police Officer Killed in Shootout
CHICAGO, IL: According to police, a Chicago police officer was killed in a shootout that erupted when police attempted to make an arrest at a Northwest Side apartment on Monday night. A suspect was fatally shot by other officers who returned fire. The officer, 47-year-old Donald Marquez, was part of a group of officers attempting to make an arrest in the 2400 block of North Avers Avenue at around 22:00CST on Monday.
Marquez, an officer since February 1982, was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, and despite resuscitation efforts, pronounced dead at 00:25CST Tuesday. The officer was hit by several bullets. The man suspected of shooting the officer was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead late Monday.
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17 Jan 2002
Virginia Law School Shooting Leaves Three Dead
GRUNDY, VIRGINIA: (EmergencyNet News) Officials said that the dean, a professor and a student were killed when a gunman went a shooting rampage at a law school on Wednesday afternoon. The shooter was said to be a student who had been suspended from the school. The suspect was overpowered by other students and held until police arrived. Three other students were critically wounded by gunfire.
The dean and a professor of the Appalachian School of Law were gunned down in their offices. A doctor who has a practice just half a mile from the school said that when he arrived on the scene, "there there were bodies laying everywhere." State police described the gunman as a Nigerian male who had flunked out last year and who had been suspended from school earlier Wednesday. The suspect is said to be 43-years-old and has a history of mental instability that school officials were aware of.
The dean and the professor were reportedly "executed" in their offices.
The gunman then went downstairs into a common area and opened fire on a
crowd of students, killing one and wounding three others. He was tackled by
four male students as he left the building. The weapon used was a
.380-caliber semiautomatic handgun. The three wounded students were
hospitalized in critical condition.
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Airline/Airport Safety & Security
10:00CST - 07 Feb 2002
Man Subdued With Fire/Rescue Axe During Plane Incident
Buenos Aires, Argentina (EmergencyNet News) -- United Airlines
Flt. 855, flying from Miami to Buenos Aires, was the scene overnight of an
unusual incident involving a man identified as a "young Uruguayan male."
According to witnesses on the plane, the man reportedly attempted to kick
his way into the cockpit of the flight. The suspect then struggled with
one of the pilots, at which time a pilot allegedly struck the assailant
with a fire/rescue axe. He was then subdued by the flight crew and is now
in police custody in Argentina. There is an unconfirmed report that the
suspect had "mental problems." Although official details are sketchy,
Argentinean officials are saying that they don't believe that the incident
was an attempted skyjacking. EmergencyNet News is monitoring events in
Argentina closely and will provide additional updates as circumstances
warrant...
08:00CST - 08 Jan 2002
Youth Finds Out Knives And Flares Are A No-No In Flight Carry-On
CHICAGO, IL (EmergencyNet News) -- A 20-year-old male has been turned over to federal authorities after security screeners at Chicago's Midway Airport found four pocket knives, a box cutter, two flares and a bottle of lighter fluid in his carry-on bag. Police said state charges had not been filed Tuesday against the youth. A CPD spokesman said: "The FBI is interviewing him. If he's not charged with anything federal, we'll take over, but for the time being, it's in the FBI's hands."
The suspect was heading toward a flight at the airport at about
16:00CST on Monday when security screeners spotted what appeared to be
"contraband" in the youth's bag when it was sent through an X-ray machine.
The screeners searched the man's bag and found the items. Police were called
and the suspect was taken into custody without incident. Police said they
did not know why the youth had those items in his possession.
06 Nov 2001
O'Hare Airport Security Lapse
By Paul Anderson, ERRI Analyst
Private security workers at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport are accused of allowing a man to pass through a security checkpoint with several knives and a stun gun in his carry-on luggage. The 27-year-old suspect was arrested attempting to board a United Airlines flight to Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday night. He was charged with state misdemeanors of unlawful use of a weapon and attempting to board an aircraft with weapons.
Apparently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation thought that being charged with state misdemeanors wasn't serious enough with what the man was allegedly trying to pull and after being released on bail on those charges early Sunday, he was rearrested by FBI special agents when he returned to O'Hare to retrieve his checked-in luggage and was charged with a federal felony count of attempting to carry a weapon on an aircraft.
Seven security workers, including one supervisor, failed to detain the suspect after two folding knives were discovered in his pocket when he passed through a metal detector. The security workers did not notice seven other knives, an electronic stun gun and a can of Mace when the suspect's bag went through an X-ray machine. Instead, they were found by United Airlines employees in the gate area who searched the man's carry-on bag.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said on Monday: "I consider the O'Hare failure a case of dramatic dimensions and I am recommending the FAA begin enforcement actions that could lead to a substantial fine against United Airlines." The security company responsible for the security failure is contracted by United. The screening workers were hired by Atlanta-based Argenbright Security Inc, which operates the screening operations at United's terminal. The FAA is investigating the incident.
It was not immediately clear why the man tried to take the weapons aboard the airplane. In a statement, the FBI said "there was no allegation that terrorism was involved."
In a television interview, the suspect said the whole thing was an misunderstanding triggered by his haste to catch the flight. He also said he had the stun gun because he was living alone and was "totally insecure."
ERRI risk analyst Steve Macko said on Monday: "Does this security lapse
surprise me? No. In 1996,
ERRI published a number of reports outlining serious security problems
at the nation's airports. In one report, we focused on the problems with
screeners. This incident, nor how the hijackers were able to get aboard
planes on September 11th with box-cutters, doesn't surprise me in the least.
Something needs to be one to professionalize security operations at the
nation's airports."
TODAY'S CENTRAL FOCUS:
DoS Officials Point To Drugs-Terrorism Ties In The Americas
WASHINGTON: Two senior U.S. State Department officials have documented the symbiotic relationship that exists between drug trafficking organizations and terrorist groups in Latin America and other regions of the world. In joint testimony submitted on Wednesday, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Rand Beers and Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Francis Taylor detailed the mutually beneficial results that accrue to terrorists and traffickers who cooperate with each other. The two officials appeared before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information.
Taylor said: "Drug traffickers benefit from the terrorists' military skills, weapons supply, and access to clandestine organizations. Terrorists gain a source of revenue and expertise in illicit transfer and laundering of proceeds from illicit transactions."
According to the two officials, a "historic link" exists in the Western Hemisphere between various terrorist groups and narcotics trafficking. Three specific geographical areas of concern were listed: Colombia, Peru, and the frontier area of Paraguay near the city of Ciudad del Este that borders both Argentina and Brazil.
Beers said: "The linkage between drugs and terrorism in Colombia is one that particularly concerns us and one that we watch carefully." The officials said that the country's three main insurgent groups -- the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN), and the United Self-Defense Groups of Colombia (AUC) -- are all tied to narcotics trafficking.
Some FARC units throughout southern Colombia raise funds through extortion of both legal and illegal businesses, protection of cocaine-refining laboratories, and involvement in local drug-trafficking activities. Colombian territory under the influence of the ELN includes areas used to grow opium poppy and cannabis. Although the ELN expresses a disdain for illegal drugs, it "does take advantage of the profits available."
The AUC, which includes many Colombian paramilitary forces, has admitted using the cocaine trade to finance its activities. In their statement, Beers and Taylor noted that the head of the AUC, Carlos Castano, said in 2000 that "70 percent" of AUC operational funding was derived from drug money.
In Peru, the remote geographic areas in which Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) guerrillas historically operated, combined with the group's reliance on violence to protect safe havens, made Sendero Luminoso "a natural to engage in protection and extortion rackets involving coca and cocaine." Beers and Taylor observed that after having "cut a brutal swath through Peru" from the 1980s through mid-1990s, Sendero Luminose waned in the late 1990s. They said that by 2001, however, the group had a "slight resurgence" in areas of Peru where coca is cultivated and processed, an indication that remnants of Sendero Luminoso are probably financing their operations with profits derived from the drug trade.
Beers and Taylor pointed to Paraguay's tri-border region as a final
area of concern in Latin America. They indicated that members of radical
Islamic groups there are reported to be engaged in drug trafficking, money
laundering, intellectual property rights piracy, alien smuggling, and arms
trafficking.
Robbers Target Pharmacies Near Boston For Oxycontin
Police said that an armed robber targeted a Somerville, Massachusetts, Brooks Pharmacy late Sunday afternoon and took off with the store's entire supply of oxycontin, the theft being one of several pharmacy holdups of the powerful prescription pain drug in one day. Oxycontin is a very strong pain reliever that is now being illegally sold on the streets. Police said that a white man, about 20 years old, wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses pulled out a gun at the pharmacy on Somerville Avenue. He demanded that the pharmacist open the store safe and then took the oxycontin supply. No one was reported hurt.
Oxycontin is a powerful pain killer used primarily to treat cancer patients or others with intractable pain, but is now being sold on the street as a substitute for heroin. The Somerville robbery followed a similar robbery in the Boston suburb of Woburn on Sunday morning. The robbery happened at Wells Pharmacy.
According to police, two men walked into the Woburn pharmacy wearing bandanas and pointing guns. They told everyone to get down. While one suspect tied the pharmacist and a technician's hands, the other went straight for the drugs, stealing all the narcotics in the pharmacy including oxycontin. Police said that the pharmacy has been hit several times in the past few years, including a robbery last October.
On Friday, Boston police arrested a 21-year-old male and charged him with
an oxycontin robbery at a Lynnfield, Massachusetts, pharmacy. Police in
several Boston-area communities are working together to try and solve the
many oxycontin robberies in the area.
Mexicans Identified As Top Drug Lords
The United States government has included seven Mexican nationals in this year's list of the world's top suspected illegal drug traffickers. The list, compiled by the White House, is aimed at imposing financial sanctions on the individuals and penalizing companies that do business with them. The Mexican nationals in the list include the suspected leader of the Gulf Cartel, Oscar Malherbe de Leon, and Miguel Caro Quintero - one of the alleged leaders of the Sonora Cartel. The other five suspects include two Pakistanis, one Afghan national, a Korean and a Philippine national. This is the second such list issued by the US government since the introduction of the Foreign Drug Kingpin Designation Act in 1999.
21 Feb 2001
Dangerous Drug Advisory:
Police Say Ecstasy/PCP Mix Can Be Deadly
FAIRFAX CTY, VIRGINIA: Fairfax County Police are warning the public to be on the lookout for a new drug being sold, which combines the drugs Ecstasy and PCP. The pills sell for about $20 each. Police say they may be orange or white and engraved with a stamp of the Pokemon character, Pikachu. Ken Larson, a former Fairfax County Narcotics detective, says the mixture of the two drugs can make for a potentially fatal combination. Larson says the PCP laced ecstasy was first brought to attention of police when an undercover officer made a buy from an adult male in December.
03 Nov 2000
CALIFORNIA:
Task Force Makes Ecstasy Seizure
A major drug interdiction effort in Southern California appears to have paid off. This week, agents from an Inland Empire anti-drug task force arrested more than a dozen people allegedly responsible for importing huge quantities of the drug ecstasy, a hallucinogen known for its popularity at all night parties called "raves."
According to authorities, it took months to build a case against the drug ring, which amassed a sizable fortune from its underground enterprise. Expensive cars, high-priced jewelry, weapons and large sums of cash were seized during this week's sweep. It was the task force's second big sting since December, when more than 700 pounds of ecstasy were seized. Authorities said most of the pills are smuggled into the U.S. from Belgium, France and the Netherlands.
Charles Stewart, age 31, was reportedly one of the individuals arrested by the task force. Investigators allege that Stewart is one of the leading suppliers of ecstasy in Southern California. He's also a party promoter.
According to the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, there were 476 drug-induced deaths in Los Angeles in 1998, and some of those were directly tied to ecstasy consumption.
12 Oct 2000
BOSTON, MA:
DEA Says New Club Drug Can Kill
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is warning of a new drug gaining popularity with club-goers. Chemically similar to the rave drug ecstasy, the drug PMA is blamed for several deaths in the club scene. The DEA said that Boston is a prime target area for PMA dealers, as it has a large student population and youths with disposable income. Since February, PMA use has increased in clubs and raves in Florida, Illinois, Michigan and Canada.
Special Agent John Gartland of the DEA said: "Two of the most serious side effects of it are increased pulse rate and elevated body temperature. It's my understanding that in one of the deaths that's been recently reported, the person that died had a body temperature of almost 117 degrees." Elevated temperature can lead to organ failure and death.
Officials said that PMA is responsible for two deaths in Chicago and seven more in central Florida. Like ecstasy, PMA is manufactured in illicit labs. DEA agents said that the dealers themselves might not always be aware that they're not selling ecstasy. Both drugs give users a euphoric high, and those who buy it may believe they are buying ecstasy.
29 Sep 2000
ORLANDO, FL:
Imported Dangerous Drug ALERT: New Fatal Drug Hits Nightclubs
Able to fry a person's brain like an egg, a new drug being sold on Central Florida's nightclub scene has set off a statewide alert after being tied to six deaths. Orange-Osceola Medical Examiner Dr Shashi Gore said on Wednesday that the pills burn out users' central nervous systems by raising body temperatures to as high as 108 degrees (F).
Costing as little as $10, each dose is white, slightly larger than an aspirin and is stamped with three diamonds in the shape of a Mitsubishi logo. The pills, which have no connection with the Japanese company, apparently came from illegal labs in Germany and Denmark. They appeared in the United States last spring and caused the deaths of three young people in the Chicago area.
According to drug agents, Paramethoxyamphetamine (PMA) is the latest in a series of illegal drug-related health threats in greater Orlando that began with crack cocaine in the mid-1980s and continued with heroin, Ecstasy and GHB in the 1990s. The so-called Mitsubishi pills contain a mixture of Ecstasy and PMA. Authorities do not know when the pills first arrived in Central Florida, but the drug was first detected in July after Wuesthoff Reference Laboratories in Melbourne ran comprehensive drug screens on a suspected Ecstasy overdose victim. On Tuesday, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning that routine drug screens may not detect PMA.
The Wuesthoff tests showed that five of seven Ecstasy-related deaths in Orange and Osceola counties this year involved PMA. Two of those five deaths came during a triple overdose Labor Day weekend. Two young men died after being ejected from a Lee Road nightclub. The third survived. In addition to those five victims, a woman who died in Lake County, Florida, may have bought the drug in Orlando. PMA in her blood was found by a laboratory in Gainesville.
Nothing about the taste or initial euphoria from taking a diamond pill alerts drug users they may be on the verge of a fatal experience. According to the Journal of Analytical Toxicology, PMA shares hallucinogenic qualities with mescaline and Ecstasy. The first sign of impending death is a soaring temperature. Stupor can follow within an hour. By then, widespread bleeding of the brain and internal organs may have begun. Prompt emergency medical care does not guarantee survival.
In two Orlando deaths, drug agents said, the victims were found thrashing on the floor like fish out of water. All of the local PMA victims consumed more than one drug, which is typical of overdose victims associated with the nightclub and rave scene. The other drugs included alcohol, Valium and marijuana. It`s possible the combinations and taking more than one dose contributed to their deaths. There is no known safe dose for PMA...
02/03 Aug 2000
UNITED STATES:
Feds Arrest 148 in Speed Drug Bust
Federal law enforcement officials on Tuesday announced the arrest of 148 people across the United States for the alleged illegal trafficking in chemicals used to make methamphetamine, known on the streets as speed.
Announcing the results of Operation Mountain Express, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno told a news conference federal agents had arrested 36 alleged laboratory operators and another 112 people suspected of distributing the chemicals. Reno said speed posed a serious threat across the country and likened its use to that of crack cocaine.
A DEA spokesman described the arrests as the "largest pseudoephedrine bust in recent history". The suspects in Los Angeles, Denver, Orlando, Houston and other cities were indicted on various counts for handling pseudoephedrine, a precursor chemical used to manufacture the stimulant methamphetamine.
Authorities also seized $8 million, and ten metric tons of pseudoephedrine, which is a precursor chemical that when altered, could be used to produce about 18,000 pounds of methamphetamine. A DEA spokesman said: "It is the first time that the DEA with the assistance of other law enforcement officer were able to arrest Mexican methamphetamine producers and pseudoephedrine sellers and distributors at the same time."
29 Mar 2000
CARIBBEAN REGION:
Major Drug Operation Nets 2,300 Arrests
United States drug agents said on Wednesday that police arrested more than 2,300 suspects and seized tons of drugs in U.S.-coordinated narcotics raids in 24 Caribbean and Latin American nations and territories. During the 17-day sweep this month, anti-drug units from Ecuador to Haiti executed more than 7,300 search warrants against suspected traffickers. Authorities seized nearly 12,000 pounds of cocaine, 120 pounds of heroin and destroyed 94 cocaine laboratories. Police also seized 150 pounds of hashish oil, 30 pounds of morphine base, 172 vehicles, 13 boats and 83 weapons...
24 Aug 2002
Special ERRI Gang Crimes Report
Salvadoran MS-13 Gang Rated Among The Most Violent; Street Gangs Trained as Guerillas
FAIRFAX, VA: Gang experts say the MS-13 gang, a network of street thugs and paramilitary guerrillas from El Salvador, is one of the most dangerous Hispanic gangs in the United States, having killed three federal agents and shot several law enforcement officers in recent years. Unlike other U.S. street gangs, MS-13 maintains contact with its factions in El Salvador, as well as throughout the United States, according to a 2000 report by the Orange County, California, District Attorney's Office. EmergencyNet News reported on 16 August that the gang sent about 20 of its members from California to Fairfax County, Virginia, last month to kill a county police officer at random.
According to an Officer Safety Alert issued by the Washington Metropolitan Police Department on 20 July, the Leesburg, Virginia, Police Department had learned that the California members "are upset with the local MS-13 gang because a Fairfax County police officer has not been killed." George Knox, director of the nonprofit National Gang Crime Research Center (NGCRC), said his agency ranks gangs from 1 (least dangerous) to 3 (most dangerous). MS-13 is a 3, he said, adding that "the level of violence for MS-13 is extraordinary."
The Orange County district attorney's report, which is posted online at www.nagia.org/mara_salvatrucha.htm, states that MS-13 members "have been responsible for the execution of three federal agents and numerous shootings of law enforcement officers across the country." Local law enforcement officials said the gang has active members throughout the greater Washington area. On 31 July, 15 suspected members of MS-13 were arrested in Leesburg and charged with committing an act of violence by a mob and malicious wounding after a 25-year-old Leesburg man was struck with a machete.
MS-13, which stands for Mara Salvatrucha, originated in the late 1980s,
when refugees with La Mara, a street gang in El Salvador, joined forces with
Salvadoran guerrillas, known as "salvatruchas."
KALISPELL, MONTANA: Law enforcement officials said on Wednesday
that a militia organization based in northwestern Montana "was plotting to
assassinate as many judges, prosecutors and police officers as possible."
The group had collected an arsenal that included fully automatic weapons and
30,000 rounds of ammunition. Flathead County Sheriff Jim Dupont, who was one
of those targeted, said: "We found weapons, ammunition, survival equipment,
booby traps, body armor, explosive, bomb-making equipment, you name it. It
all certainly supports the theory that there was going to be big trouble.
The last I heard, it didn't take 30,000 rounds of ammo to kill a turkey."
Dupont said the "hit list" included his name and those of County Attorney
Tom Esch, Kalispell Police Chief Frank Garner, state District Judges Kitty
Curtis and Stewart Stadler, various deputies and police officers and family
members where possible...(Article continues in ERRI
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