Chapter 511 MS-13
"I grew up on this street and just ended my military career and returned here." Brick continued.
Hearing that he was also a veteran, Danny Regan couldn't help but smile, "Do you miss Hell's Kitchen?"
Brick frowned and replied angrily. Said, "I prefer Florida, but my mother has owned a restaurant here for 40 years and she doesn't want to leave. It used to be a mess here and she was often robbed. Now the environment has improved, but life has become more difficult. Rich people Trying every means to drive away the poor guys like us."
While he was speaking, Danny Regan noticed that Jack's eyes had been wandering over the group of basketball boys not far away, including several police officers. Taking notes for them.
"What did you find?"
Jack thought thoughtfully, "I just arrived in New York, and I'm not very familiar with the gang tattoos on the East Coast. Can you help me see what gangs these guys belong to? "
As a police detective, Danny Regan's observation skills are not bad at all. When Jack reminded him, his eyes just glanced over it, and he was like a treasure.
"The ones with the MMG letters tattooed on them are the 'Mudamour Gang', and the ones with the RUS mark on the sneakers are the 'Qi Xin Gang'. It's interesting. There are at least five gang members here, Brick. What's your job? Responsible for mediating gang conflicts? "
"Huh?" Brick looked at the basketball boys divided into several groups with some confusion, and then shrugged indifferently.
"They're just playing games here. Anyone who wants to cause trouble will be kicked out of this gym. I don't care to listen to their bullshit gangster nonsense."
"Then you've seen 'MS- 13'? "Jack felt that this guy was not simple. If a veteran could easily suppress a group of gangsters, then the NYPD seemed to have no need to maintain a police department with the largest number of people in the United States.
Brick seemed to have heard some joke, "Don't be joking, how could there be that group of lunatics here? The closest thing to Salvador here is that Mexican boy over there. He is here. I work as a handyman here."
After saying that, he pointed at a boy dressed as an obedient student.
The reason why Jack specifically asked about this "MS-13" naturally came from Jubal Valentine's reminder before departure. Apparently he got some news that this well-known extreme violent organization is likely to It's the gang that plans to enter New York in the near future.
"MS-13" is quite familiar to Jack, a former LAPD. The letters MS in front of the gang's name are the Spanish abbreviation, and the full name is "Mara Salvatrucha", which can be roughly translated as savage or ferocious Salvadorans.
As for the number 13 at the end, one theory is that this gang was first established in the 13th neighborhood of Los Angeles.
The origin of the whole thing can be traced back to a well-known fruit company - United Fruit. After the end of World War II, red waves emerged one after another in Central and American countries that were unwilling to be exploited by it. A 12-year civil war began in China. A small country in America, El Salvador, which is rich in coffee, broke out.
With the support of the United States, the then Salvadoran military government launched massacres one after another, and a large number of refugees smuggled into the United States through various channels.
These people without financial resources can only gather in slums. In order to survive, in the 1980s, some young Salvadoran refugees in Los Angeles established "MS-13."
With the influx of a large number of former Salvadoran soldiers who had experienced the war, this organization, which was originally designed to resist bullying by other gangs, quickly deteriorated and became an extremely violent organization that was as famous as the "18th Street" gang, which was mainly composed of Mexicans.
The gang members of "MS-13" have two characteristics. First, they are extremely cruel. They especially like to use machetes. They will cut their opponents into pieces and arrange them into various patterns. They will never let go of their opponents' families. , including women and even infant babies.
The second is tattoos. Among the gang of DU traffickers Jack encountered at the US-Mexico border crossing point who were trying to kidnap prisoners, there was a skinny monkey with tattoos all over his body, all the way to his forehead. He was a typical "MS- 13” member. They seem particularly fond of getting tattoos on their foreheads, both to intimidate rivals and to prevent members from leaving the gang.
The DU cartel in Mexico particularly likes to recruit members of "MS-13" to serve as cannon fodder, simply because these people have been trained since childhood, are cruel by nature, and will never show mercy. The key is that he is extremely poor.
"MS-13" has been arrogant in New York for a long time. Until six or seven years ago, more than 20 random killings occurred on the streets of Long Island.
A group of "MS-13" members were unscrupulous Shooting passers-by as a means of entertainment caused an uproar across the United States. The NYPD used a large number of police forces to plow the local gangs several times before expelling them from New York.
Unexpectedly, in just a few years, "MS-13" would make a comeback.
Danny Regan waved to the police officer who was taking notes not far away and shouted, "Joey, bring that Mexican kid over here."
Police The clerk smiled and agreed, pushing the kid this way. He didn't correct him until he was in front of everyone, "I just finished asking my question, but this kid is not Mexican, he is from El Salvador."
Danny Regan's face suddenly darkened, "Take it directly back to the bureau."
At this time, a bomb disposal expert wearing a heavy explosion-proof suit slowly walked out of the venue, holding a bomb in his hand. Seeing this, his teammates quickly stepped forward to help him take off his heavy helmet. Jack was surprised to find that the bomb disposal expert turned out to be a woman.
"How is the situation?" Several people quickly stepped forward and got in front of the bomb disposal expert.
"Six grenades were connected in parallel, the fuzes were modified, and the detonators were reinstalled. The detonator was a mobile phone. No matter who did it, this guy is a professional."
< br>"Uh" Jack looked at the six small lemons, a little unbelievable. The last time he saw this thing was in a Vietnam War movie, "Is this an M26 grenade?"
"To be precise, it's the M26A1, the one used in the Vietnam War. I haven't seen it in many years." A retired fourth-class man corrected it with experience.
"This makes sense. Most of these old-fashioned grenades were aided to four Central American countries, including El Salvador."
Jack rolled his eyes silently, This is the return of the property to its original owner.
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Half an hour later, in the interrogation room of the NYPD police station, Danny Regan stared fiercely at the Salvadoran kid named Wilmer in front of him. Jack hugged him. Standing beside him with his arms folded, his eyes were equally unkind.
"I'm not from MS-13. Do I look like one of those crazy people with tattoos on their faces?"
This Wilmer looks to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a white T-shirt and brown jeans. There is no stain on his clothes, the blue sneakers on his feet are also very clean, and there are no traces of tattoos on the exposed skin, just like an ordinary and honest high school student.
“Of course not, because MS-13 has realized since 2007 that their appearance characteristics are too obvious, so except for the core members, they prohibit the following people from getting tattoos on their faces.
They look similar to you and dress similarly, but they still go out and kill random passers-by for fun.”
Danny Regan and Jack didn’t play any good cop, bad cop game. , because they didn't have enough time and needed to pry open this kid's mouth as quickly as possible.
(End of this chapter)