What did MS-13, the 'Killer Gang' Trump talk in the Liberation Day speech? | Today news

US President Donald Trump talked about ‘Killer Gang’ MS-13 in his speech on the liberation day he delivered late on Wednesday. He said: “… we have problems with judges who don’t want them to go out, they want Tren de Aragua to want, and they want MS-13, the most malicious gangs ever, no one has ever seen anything like an absolute killer gangs and people they don’t even think about it …” What’s MS-13? It is said that MS-13 is a national and trans-national gang with more than 10,000 members in the United States and thousands more in Central America and Mexico. The gang is known for the use of intimidation and violence, including murder, and is working on criminal activities such as housebreaking and drug trafficking, a report states. MS-13, originally founded in Los Angeles by immigrants in Salvadoran in the 1980s, has long been considered one of the most violent gangs operating in the United States, reports the news agency Ani. President Trump officially named it a terrorist organization during his administration. The gang is linked to many high -profile murders, kidnappings and drug -related crimes across the country, especially in areas such as Washington, DC, California and Long Island, New York. Trump’s oppression The Trump administration recently launched a suppression of MS-13 gang. FBI director Kash Patel said in an early Thursday post that the FBI and the US Department of Justice arrested and charged another high-ranking member of MS-13 in New York. “The individual is Joel Vargas-Escobar-someone who is responsible for a conspiracy involving 11 murders,” Kash Patel said. Joel Vargas-Escobar was arrested late Tuesday in Westbury, New York, and is transferred to Nevada, where he was initially charged in a 2021 federal accusation. Vargas-Escobar, identified as a leader of the “Parkview” click of MS-13 who works from Nevada and California, is facing charges of rocket, murder and gun, according to the accusation. This comes after the Trump administration said on Monday (March 31) that it had deported 17 “violent criminals” from the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs to El Salvador because it doubled on a policy to remove people from the US to other countries other than their own, despite criticism of lack of transparency and human rights. The State Department said the immigrants were removed on Sunday night. According to the statement, murderers and rapists are among them, but did not give details about the nationalities or alleged crimes of those who were removed. Foreign Minister Marco Rubio described the 17 prisoners as ‘violent criminals’ who had two gangs-elt Salvador’s MS-13 and the Tren de Aragua of Venezuela-Whington as foreign terrorist organizations. Earlier at the end of March (27), Attorney General Pam Bondi said one of the top leaders of MS-13 was arrested. “He was the leader for the East Coast, one of the top three in the entire country, here in Virginia … He is an illegal stranger to El Salvador – and he will not live in our country for much longer,” she added. According to court records, the suspect, identified by the US Justice Department officials as 24-year-old Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos, has been charged with being an undocumented stranger. Trump described Santos as a ‘great leader of MS13’ -The gang in Latin America has appointed a foreign terrorist organization by the US president. President Donald Trump called on March 15 the foreign enemies Act of 1798, a rarely used war law, to target suspected members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. (With input from agencies) Capture all the business news, news reports and latest news updates on Live Mint. Download the Mint News app to get daily market updates. Business Newsnssus Newswhat is MS-13, the ‘Killer Gang’ that Trump talked about in the Liberation Day speech? More less