NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says that thousands of illegal aliens — many of them sex criminals, murderers and known members of brutal gangs — have abused a program meant to protect at-risk minors in order to gain entry into the United States. A … Read more
Authorities in Honduras said Tuesday they arrested the man they believe masterminded the killings of 19 workers at a palm plantation last month. The killings took place in Rigores, in the restive Bajo Aguan region of Honduras, where rival gangs have fought over control of palm farms and drug trafficking routes. Carlos Molina — also … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Customs and Border Protection (CBP) worked with local authorities to foil California’s sanctuary city policies and took into custody a gang member from Mexico who concluded a 12-year prison sentence for second-degree murder. Local law enforcement in southern California turned over to federal agents the Sureños-13 gang … Read more
Ecuador’s top court on Wednesday approved the extradition to the United States of a high-ranking lieutenant of the “Los Choneros” gang. Dario Penafiel, known as “Topo,” was arrested in September in Ecuador’s Amazon, where he is believed to have been coordinating illegal mineral extraction. Authorities said Topo had ties to a dissident faction of Colombia’s … Read more
A Salvadoran court on Tuesday began a collective trial of 486 alleged gang members, one of the biggest mass trials under President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on gang violence through controversial emergency powers. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Prosecutors say the charges against alleged members of … Read more
The attorney for a man shot by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an arrest in central California said Thursday that his client was recovering after three surgeries for multiple gunshot wounds and that he denies being a gang member. Attorney Patrick Kolasinski said federal prosecutors have told him that Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez … Read more
The family of the man ICE officers shot Tuesday in Northern California rebutted the agency’s narrative about Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, denying Wednesday that he is a gang member from El Salvador. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “He was never in a gang,” Patrick Kolasinski, … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has started the deportation process for an alleged MS-13 gang member from El Salvador who had been released into the United States a decade ago and was considered a “non-criminal” alien despite being wanted for a pastor’s murder … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Two dozen Republican state attorneys general are backing gun manufacturers in legal battles in New York, including in one case directly challenging New York Attorney General Letitia James’ role in attempting to expand liability against the manufacturers. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led the … Read more
UNITED NATIONS — Haiti has a chance now to tackle pervasive gang violence with a U.S.-initiated international force starting to deploy and a prime minister committed to providing alternatives for young gang members, the United Nations’ expert on human rights in Haiti said Monday. “We’re in a place now where the next few months are … Read more