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Three MS-13 Members Federally Charged in 2015 Gerson Vasquez-Portillo Murder

The arrests are part of Operation Sombra De La Bestia, a multi-agency effort to solve cold case murders tied to the violent transnational gang.

MS-13 Leader Joel Vargas-Escobar Arrested in New York After Four Years as Fugitive

MS-13 Leaders Plead Guilty to Nine Murders in NYC Suburbs

Trinidad and Tobago Declares State of Emergency Over Escalating Gang Violence