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Crime MS-13 leader arrested in Virginia

I’m in Albuquerque NM,

We are one of a few cities that are ground zero for this type of traffic. Sadly it has been like this for the last 20+ years here so we are pretty immune to it…

Most of the Mexican Mafia families have set up residency here for a good generation or two, they’ve been our neighbors for some time now..

our children play together

Albuquerque always tends to be near the top of the list in the Violent Crime Rate per capita.
 
Albuquerque always tends to be near the top of the list in the Violent Crime Rate per capita.
It is second nature here… you learn how not to end up in the mesa’s real quick.
 
A 24 year old leader? Think of any 24 year old you know. Do you think they can lead an organization? Either this cat is hyper-intelligent to run a corporation like MS-13 or they have some low level runt and are exaggerating their catch. We'll see.


Think about our own soldiers at 24 yrs old for a minute

Join the military at 18, complete elite squad training for the next two years. By 22 a young man can be running elite squads for our special ops units.

So this sack of shit at 24 was probably very seasoned and not some average idiot
 
Think about our own soldiers at 24 yrs old for a minute

Join the military at 18, complete elite squad training for the next two years. By 22 a young man can be running elite squads for our special ops units.

So this sack of shit at 24 was probably very seasoned and not some average idiot

You bring up a valid point. With the right coaching and leadership he could be a high level leader at that age. I'll have to see if any further information comes out about this as they did not release a name.
 
Juan Saenz-Tamez. 23. Took me 5 minuts on Google to find.
One. Which,imo,leads credence to outlandish titles being placed upon common criminals for propaganda usage. Any of note are not young bucks. Shit generally doesn't gain that kind of strength and control with glorified children running the operation
 
One. Which,imo,leads credence to outlandish titles being placed upon common criminals for propaganda usage. Any of note are not young bucks. Shit generally doesn't gain that kind of strength and control with glorified children running the operation
It shows how much the cartels have fallen. Not saying it's some sign of strength. It's just not impossible with the landscape.
 
I definitely agree he killed at a young age but the story says he's considered one of the top three leaders of MS-13. MS-13 is a business. A violent business but it's a business just like every other corporation. Leaders no longer have to kill unless it's to keep order in your house. Minions go out and kill, rape, sell drugs and steal. 24 years old is young to be directing the future plans of a business with hundreds or thousands of members.

I'm not saying it's not possible. I am saying I'm doubtful but I've been wrong numerous times.
I would imagine it's a revolving door of younger people, due to how wild and violent they are. I doubt they're like the Italian Mafia with a bunch of old dudes running the show behind the scenes. Don't see too many of them lasting past 30, without being arrested or killed.
 
Or they're calling literally anyone who commits crime and is originally from Central America a high-level gangbanger.

Remember when that horsesh*t about the apartment building takeover happened the residents of the building went on the news and asked Colorado Republicans to stop saying the building was overrun by gangbangers because dipsh*t xenophobes were showing up calling everyone who lived there (the tentative victims of crimes) gangbangers.

Well, there were the videos of those assholes forcing their way into an apartment, so there’s that
 
- Those criminal teens are the worst, since thyey dont get jail time. We had a 15 year old with five rapes under his belt. Another one get set on fire by the own criminalos, for being so disruptive to the life in favela

It’s the same way in many US cities. The lil teen gangbangers are trying to make a name for themselves and get some street cred. Plus, your brain doesn’t fully form until the age of 25ish so they are much more impulsive.
 
Pretty sure the news said top 3 on east coast.

And really, how many 30-40 yr old ms-13 are loose on the street? I'd say most of the older shot callers are in jail, deported, or dead by 30.
 
Think about our own soldiers at 24 yrs old for a minute

Join the military at 18, complete elite squad training for the next two years. By 22 a young man can be running elite squads for our special ops units.

So this sack of shit at 24 was probably very seasoned and not some average idiot

Just because the US fosters an environment where young adults don’t seem to mature until their lates 20’s, it doesn’t mean the rest of the world is that way
 
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