Violent transnational gangs ‘recruiting unaccompanied minors at Border Security facilities’
Border Control agents have allegedly witnessed gang members recruiting members from among the influx of unaccompanied immigrant minors from Central America
Shawn Moran of the National Border Control Patrol Council says agents have told him about the enlistment
Border Control agents have allegedly witnessed gang members using a Red Cross phone bank at the facility at Nogales, Arizona, to ‘recruit, enlist and pressure’ other minors
Authorities say there is no evidence of such activity
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER and ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 00:57 EST, 27 July 2014 | UPDATED: 00:57 EST, 27 July 2014
Members of some of the United States’ most notorious street gangs have infiltrated shelters housing illegal immigrant minors from Central America and are recruiting them, say Homeland Security sources.
An estimated 57,000 minors from Central America have flooded across the border from Mexico to the U.S. in recent months, and gang leaders are reportedly filling their ranks from among them.
Transnational gangs such as the Mara Salvatruca, also known as MS-13, and the 18th Street gang are using established juvenile members from Central America to cross the border and recruit other children to the cartels, say sources.
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