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U.S. gang membership may be higher than reported

by debwire | August 4, 2005 at 04:06 pm

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A recent Justice Department report on the threat gangs pose in the U.S. underestimates the number of members nationwide because ...

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at 09:07 on August 7th, 2005

TAMPA - A ruthless street gang with a reputation for
cutting off rivals' fingers and carving up snitches with machetes
appears to have a foothold here.

They are the Mara Salvatruchas, or MS-13, and a week ago,
Hillsborough County deputies arrested three members in a northwest
county neighborhood after they tried to persuade a Honduran man to
``join us or die,'' Sgt. Scott Wellinger said.