On long island arrested two members of the gang MS-13.
About it reported in a press-service of the police of new York. The police are afraid of the growing influence of gangs in the city.
According to chief of detectives Robert Boyce, in Hempstead, long island, arrested the 23-year-old Roberto «Splinter» Abrego Reyes and 27-year-old Jose «Smoker» Alvarenga Ramirez.
Both men are accused of killing 39-year-old Fernando Chavez who was shot may 30 this year at a store in Murray Hill. Presumably, the victim was also affiliated with a gang, his body was a tattoo with the number «13».
The gang MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha) is one of the most violent, numerous and rapidly growing street gangs of Central and North America. It consists of Salvadorans, Hondurans, Guatemalans, Nicaraguans, Mexicans and other Hispanics. Mara Salvatrucha is valid within the boundaries of a specific urban area, periodically attempting to expand the control of ownership.
In new York, MS-13 operates mainly on long island, but the police feared that it could expand its «ownership» for the five boroughs of new York.
As reported by DNA, detectives also suggest that gang members are related to the murder of 16-year-old Julio Vasquez, whose body was found in may in the Park in Oakland Gardens. The teenager was hit several times with a knife.
«We fear that the impact of MS-13 are increasingly covered», — said Robert Boyce.
