Federal authorities say they charged 56 members of the MS-13 gang in a series of overnight raids in and around Boston.
A tool kit of terror - including large knives and several guns - was confiscated as evidence, along with wads of cash, during overnight raids of several homes in Massachusetts.
"Today's operation had considerable impact," FBI Special Agent in Charge Harold Shaw said."Approximately one-third of MS-13's membership here in Massachusetts was or will be taken off the streets." During the course of the investigation, it is alleged that MS-13 actively recruited prospective members inside local high schools with significant immigrant populations from Central America, including Chelsea High School, East Boston High School and Everett High School.Friday, necn reached out to the community and visited the YMCA in Lynn to see how teens there are staying off the streets.
U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz said the indictment released Friday contains a RICO conspiracy charge referencing five murders in East Boston and Chelsea. Two of the victims were 15 years old and one was 16.
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