Border communities see Central American gang trend

Carolyn Hileman* | December 16, 2007

By Daniel Borunda / for The Sun-News

EL PASO - The recent arrest of a man tied to Mara Salvatrucha doesn’t mean the ruthless Central American street gang is on the verge of gaining a foothold in El Paso, law enforcement authorities say. However, it may portend a growing trend of incursions into other U.S. cities by the gang, which has a reputation for extreme violence, including hacking victims with machetes, controlling prisons and threatening the stability of some Central American countries. The gang member arrested in El Paso was among a dozen Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, members stopped in September and October during heightened law enforcement operations along the Texas-Mexico border, the Texas governor’s office said recently. Gang members, which have cliques in Houston and Dallas, also were captured in Maverick, Webb and Hidalgo counties.

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