According to the American television channel Fox Newsduring the night of last Friday, May 2, at least five confirmed members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), an international terrorist organization of gangs, They stabbed to three prison officials in a prison located in Virginia.
Fox News cited a statement from Virginia Correctional Departmentin which they inform them that five officers were transferred to receive external medical treatment after having been attacked by gang members of the MS-13 around 9:45 p.m.
“Two officers suffered Mild wounds After responding to the attack of the gang members, they have already been discharged by doctors. However, the three stabbed officers were admitted to the State Hospital and are currently in a relatively condition stable“Virginia’s correctional department detailed.
According to the American media, the five gang members of Mara Salvatrucha involved in this attack in Virginia had been sentenced in the United States by various violent crimesincluding rapedrug trafficking, extortion, smuggling of weapons, kidnappingtheft and murders With aggravating, in the first or second degree.
Undocumented gang members in the US.
“Five of the individuals responsible for this meaningless attack They should never have been in this nation first, ”said the director of the Correctional Department of Virginia, Chad Dotsonwho considers that the only alternative in this case is the deportation immediate of the gang members to the Megacárcel in El Salvador.
These gang members are expected in the coming weeks to be deported to Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), A maximum security penitentiary center located in the Salvadoran territory of Tecoluca, considering that this establishment was built in the middle of a large -scale offensive against the maras.
“Every day, our agents play life to guarantee the public security of more than 8 million people In Virginia. This attack is an example of the dangers they face when they come to work with these criminals. Our agents are Heroes And I congratulate the team for your answer, ”added Dotson director.
According to what was stated by Fox News, this incident is being investigated by the Virginia authorities and the immigration and customs control service (ICEfor its acronym in English), the agency of the Department of National Security that focuses on the Migratory controlso no more additional information has been provided.
ICE officials have expressed their worry by the activity of the MS-13 within the Penitentiary system of the United States and for its “broader implications” for public security in the country. For this reason, the president’s government Donald Trump He proposed to send up to 500 gang members to El Salvador.
The United States Republican president publicly praised the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, by ensuring that he is doing a fantastic job in the Central American nation: “He has been incredible with us. He currently has some people very bad In that prison of Cecot, ”Trump added during an interview.
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