59 gang members arrested in Boston area Boston (WBZ Newsroom) -- Federal authorities have released details of a massive nation-wide crack-down on illegal immigrants, with a focus on getting violent gang members off the streets, including in Boston.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) partnered with Boston-area law enforcement officers to arrest 59 foreign nationals. More than 13-hundred arrests were made nationally.
The arrests are part of a multi-city enforcement operation over the summer to dismantle the criminal organizations across the country.
The foreign nationals arrested in the Boston-area are linked to many different street gangs, including Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), Vatos Locos, 18th Street and Surenos (SUR-13).
The majority of those arrested over the summer are from El Salvador, but the group also includes foreign nationals from Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. They all face federal criminal charges or deportation.
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