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… According to court documents, Melgar Diaz moved to the United States from El Salvador in 2003, and settled in Virginia. The defendant, Armando Eliu Melgar Diaz, 30, is the first MS-13 leader to face terrorism charges in the United States…

16 July 2020, :Ī federal indictment has been unsealed charging an MS-13 leader in El Salvador with a racketeering conspiracy and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists based on his role as a leader of La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13). Key Information: “MS-13 Leader in El Salvador Charged with RICO and Terrorism Offenses.” Homeland Security Today. Court records indicate a warrant was been issued for Diaz’ arrest in May… The Justice Department said this was the first time an MS-13 member has been charged with terrorism-related offenses. …In an indictment unsealed on Tuesday, federal prosecutors in Alexandria, Virginia, charged alleged MS-13 leader Armando Eliu Melgar Diaz with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, as well as drug trafficking and racketeering. …The Trump administration’s Justice Department has vowed to “go to war against MS-13,” also known as Mara Salvatrucha, which started in the 1980s as a Salvadoran street gang in Los Angeles… steps up crackdown on MS-13 gang, to seek death penalty of accused leader.” Reuters. Source: Gang Awareness Guide: RecognizetheSigns NJ Office of the Attorney General, Juvenile Justice Commission: pp. It also provides detailed information about the East Coast Program’s command and control (C 2) structure and links to El Salvadoran elements of the gang while describing identified US MS-13 cliques and their geographic distribution. The indictment, by the United States Department of Justice (US DOJ), represents the first ever charging of an MS-13 member for ‘material support to terrorists’ along with other terrorism related offenses in addition to the more traditional racketeering (RICO) and narcotics trafficking charges. “Blue” or “Clipper”)- has been indicted on terrorism charges for his role as the Corredor (Leader) of the gang’s United States East Coast Program. 31: MS-13 East Coast Program Command and Control (C 2), Cliques, & Geographic DistributionĪn MS-13 leader in El Salvador- Armando Eliú Melgar Díaz (a.k.a. Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No.