The criminal gang originated in a Venezuela prison and has slowly spread both north and south in recent years. It now operates in the United States. The full scale of its operations is unknown.

A 13-year-old boy was arrested and charged with five felony counts of armed robbery with a firearm for a series of incidents on Chicago’s South Side on June 4, 2024. The robberies targeted multiple ...

A major international crime saga took a dramatic turn with the capture of Gianfranco Torres-Navarro, the notorious South American gang leader, in Upstate New York. Torres-Navarro, leader of the ...

Texas authorities stumbled upon a suspected MS-13 gang member wanted for murder in El Salvador after pulling him over for defective brakes. Luis Manuel Hernandez Bonilla was arrested Tuesday by ...

US Customs and Border Protection as well as the FBI have said the gang is established in the US. “They have followed the migration paths across South America to other countries and have set up ...

"I came to the U.S., and worked for two years. Then, I went to the streets, and joined the MS-13 gang." Saenz said he acted as the driver to many of the shootings. He faces 40 to 60 years behind ...

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — MS-13 gang member Jairo Saenz pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing seven people in separate attacks on Long Island. Prosecutors say Saenz, also known as "Funny," and his older ...

An MS-13 gang member arrested by federal immigration authorities in Massachusetts last week was facing state gun charges and had previously been ordered to be deported before he was released by a ...