Tag: MS 13

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A criminal complaint was unsealed Nov. 6 charging the local leader of an MS-13 Gang clique with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Sergio Alvarado, aka Sergio Ochoa, 27, of Nashville, Tennessee, was initially arrested on Oct. 31 by Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) officers after fleeing from officers following a shootout at Club Miami. This incident began around 4:00 a.m. when a MNPD officer heard gunfire coming from the vicinity of the nightclub. The officer proceeded toward the nightclub and upon arrival, heard a volley of gunshots and saw two cars speeding out of the parking lot. The officer then found one individual in the parking lot suffering from a gunshot wound.

Additional officers arrived on the scene and approached a car believed to be involved in the shooting. As officers approached the car, they saw Alvarado running toward the back of the parking lot and toward several dumpsters. Officers continued to pursue Alvarado and eventually found him in a wooded area and arrested him. After tracing the flight path taken by Alvarado, officers recovered a 9mm pistol and a .380 caliber pistol near the dumpsters. Alvarado was later released on bond. On Nov. 5, Alvarado was arrested on the federal firearms charge.

A detention motion filed Friday by the government asserts that Alvarado is the leader of the local MS-13 clique – Thompson Place Locos Salvatrucha. This gang is a violent, international street gang that operates in middle Tennessee and elsewhere. The motion also asserts that Alvarado has a substantial criminal history, including several drug trafficking and firearm offenses; is currently on supervised release from a 2017 case in which he received a 30-month sentence for drug trafficking and firearm offenses; and that he has further violated the terms of his release by associating with a known felon, Michael Mosely, at Dogwood Bar in Nashville, moments before Mosely stabbed two individuals to death on Dec. 21, 2019.

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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/high-ranking-ms-13-gang-member-facing-federal-firearms-charges-after-nightclub-shooting

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3…………> Former Elkhart, Indiana Resident Sentenced to Over Six Years in Prison for Financing of Terrorism

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Samantha Marie Elhassani, aka Samantha Sally, 35, formerly of Elkhart, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to 78 months in prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to Financing Terrorism, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana Thomas L. Kirsch II, FBI Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division Jill Sanborn, and FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Indianapolis field office Paul Keenan.

“Once again, the Justice Department has held accountable an individual who turned her back on her country to support a terrorist organization,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers. “As Elhassani admitted, she made multiple trips to Hong Kong to smuggle tens of thousands in cash and gold, knowing that the funds would be used to support ISIS in Syria. We repatriated Elhassani from Syria because every nation is responsible for holding its citizens accountable and addressing the future threat they may pose. We will not stop.”

“Today’s sentencing of Ms. Elhassani should serve as a stark reminder that ISIS and other terrorist organizations have no limits when it comes to recruiting people to join their violent agenda,” said Jill Sanborn, Assistant Director of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division. “But it also demonstrates our resolve to diligently go after anyone who makes the fateful choice to provide material support to any terrorist organization, especially those who not only betray their country but who would also put their own children in harm’s way during the process.”

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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-elkhart-indiana-resident-sentenced-over-six-years-prison-financing-terrorism

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4…………> Federal Prosecutors To Probe Irregularities In The Presidential Election: William Barr 

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As President Trump refuses to accept Joe Biden’s projected victory, and has made fraud claims, seeking an emergency injunction in Pennsylvania to prevent Mr. Biden’s victory being certified in the state, as the president-elect’s projected win there that took him over the threshold of 270 electoral college votes needed to secure victory nationwide.

An DOJ official, Richard Pilger, would have overseen such investigations, but has now resigned, and the AG wrote that inquiries could be made by federal prosecutors “if there are clear and apparently-credible allegations of irregularities that, if true, could potentially impact the outcome of a federal election in an individual State”.

Mr. Barr said prosecutors should only look into “substantial allegations” of irregularities.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54882647

5…………> Market Report for 11/10/2020: long stop 28870:CG 15200, 11/21/2020

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Stocks up 263 to 29421, futures -31, gold up  to 1875.5, USD/CHF at 0.92, new position long 27000, sell stop 28700 for a gain of 1870 DIA points.