This comes from Laura Eimiller at the FBI’s Los Angeles press office:
The second annual International Chiefs of Police Summit on Transnational Gangs will be held this week over a three-day period at the Universal Hilton Hotel in Hollywood, California.
The summit will conclude on Wednesday, March 5th.
Law enforcement officials at the local, state and federal level from Los Angeles and international cities directly impacted by the criminal activity of transnational gangs will attend the three-day summit, and will be joined by international Chiefs of Police from the nations of El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico, Canada, Nicaragua and Spain, where MS-13 criminal activity and organized crime trends of other Central American gangs has increased.
The Summit is being hosted by the following agencies:
FBI and the National Gang Task Force
United States Department of Justice
Drug Enforcement Agency
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
United States Marshals Service
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
United States Department of State
Los Angeles Sheriffs Department
Los Angeles Police Department
Los Angeles City Attorneys Office
The United States Attorneys Office/U.S. Department of Justice
The Los Angeles District Attorneys Office and the Los Angeles Mayors Office will also participate in the summit.
Is this yet another reason why we need to enforce immigration laws. The 18th street gang was started by mexican immigrants, and years later the MS-13 gang was started by immigrants from El Salvador. These gangs started in Los Angeles and are now all over the country, diversity at it’s best. (sarcasm)
Haha silly racists, I suppose we should deport the nazi low riders to their respective European countries as well. It couldn’t possibly be American social problems driving these people to think they have no other option for respect and success than joining to street gangs (that’s sarcasm, since you apparently find sarcasm confusing enough that you have to label it). Blaming gangs on immigration is like blaming American obesity on imported food, sure it’s a problem but the fact that foreign people/things are involved means nothing because the problem would exist even if neither of these were present. I suppose its easy to just blame those who cannot defend themselves though, so good job taking the easy way out.
I have nothing against the gangs members. In so far, they were friendly and did no harm to me. They are just tranquil and calm people. For me, this is not a problem for the gangs. They are cool with everyone. I do not care about them or does not mind about them. It is their life and their happiness. They are cool and friendly. So, I have nothing to say.