Cuomo's announcement of the NY gang unit came just two days before Sessions is scheduled to make his own appearance in Suffolk County to address gang violence.
The Justice Department announced Wednesday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will deliver remarks Friday in Long Island to federal, state and local law enforcement regarding the department's work to combat "violent crime and restore public safety".
"They are thugs", New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a press conference in Suffolk County Wednesday, announcing the formation of "high-intensity gang unit" to target the gang.
This will be the first time Sessions will be on Long Island since he was installed as the nation's top law enforcement officer. "Their currency is fear and intimidation and they are getting more outrageous and more obnoxious in their activities".
"Our job is to say to MS-13, 'Enough is enough, '" Cuomo said.
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Additionally, New York Republican Rep. Peter King told residents in his district in Suffolk County he plans to hold hearings on the issue, CBS reported. He says that under the Trump administration, the Department of Just...
The street gang, also called Mara Salvatrucha, was founded in Los Angeles in the mid-1980s by immigrants fleeing El Salvador's civil war. It grew after some members were deported to El Salvador, helping turn that country into one of the most violent places in the world.
Crime scene investigators search woodland near to where the victims were found in Central Islip. Police tied 13 killings in 2016 to gang violence, and eight of those murders happened in Brentwood.
Officials in NY announced a new anti-gang initiative on Wednesday to crack down on violence by the MS-13 street gang plaguing communities on Long Island, including four murders earlier this month.
"It's going gotten worst recently", said the Governor who went on to say, "We are trying to protect people, and we are trying to get the bad guys, and any information they have, any communication they have with the state police is in that vain".
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