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Texas Crime Stories: Balcones Heights police officer with ties to Texas Mexican Mafia killed in San Antonio tattoo shop

A revived Hurricane Ian pounded coastal South Carolina on Friday, ripping apart piers and flooding streets after the ferocious storm caused catastrophic damage in Florida, trapping thousands in their homes and leaving at least 17 people dead. (Sept. 30)

A new report says cyber criminal gangs are getting increasingly adept at hacking and becoming more professional, even setting up an arbitration system to resolve payment disputes among themselves.

New government research shows that record numbers of Americans died of drug overdoses across the country.

U.S. officials are working with Haitian authorities to try to secure the release of 12 adults and five children with a U.S.-based missionary group who were abducted by a gang notorious for killings, kidnappings and extortion

David Gomoh died because he had the misfortune to live in an area frequented by gangs, a jury hears.

A UNICEF report says that escalating gang violence has displaced nearly 8,500 women and children in Haiti’s capital in the past two weeks

“The gangs are using these vehicles because they feel they can’t be traced,” South Chicago District Capt. Michael Murphy told the Tribune in early January. Murphy’s patrol district saw carjackings jump in 2020 to 97 from 36 the year before. “They can do their crimes, whether it be shootings or whatever it is, and then dump the car.”

Video: Multi-agency task force addresses gangs, violent crimePublished: February 7, 2020, 5:06 pmOfficials from various law enforcement agencies will talk about efforts to combat gangs and violent crimes.

El Salvadorans seek refuge from gangs at local shelter There are almost 10 murders on the streets of El Salvador every day. Gangs have made survival a daily battle. But amidst the violence, a youth center serves as a shelter from a brutal world outside its gates. Manuel Bojorquez reports.