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Gang wipeout: Governor proposing border initiative
El Paso Times - El Paso,TX,USA
El Paso stands to receive much-needed state help in eradicating US gangs operating on our side of the border. This would be in conjunction with an ...
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Gang member convicted in fatal 2005 shooting in northwest Dallas
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
By TIARA M. ELLIS / The Dallas Morning News A MS-13 gang member was convicted Tuesday for fatally shooting a 19-year-old, who told him he was not involved ...
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Trial to begin for gang member accused of killing soccer player 8 ...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
By TIARA M. ELLIS / The Dallas Morning News Testimony in the murder trial of a MS-13 gang member accused of killing a teenager who said he was not in any ...
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Police say sweep revealed gang's narcotic activities
Houston Chronicle - United States
Houston Police Department officer Daniel Rosales also said that a seven-year probe unveiled the gruesome 2003 slaying of one of the gang leaders, ...
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Police: 23 Alleged SA Gang Members Arrested
KSAT.com - San Antonio,TX,USA
SAN ANTONIO -- Immigration officials led a combined effort of local, state and federal law enforcement in a weeklong roundup of area gang members, ...
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ICE arrests 32 in gang operation
Houston Chronicle - United States
Those arrested in the five-day operation are affiliated with violent transborder street gangs such as the Mexican Mafia, authorities said. ...
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Two dozen prison gang members indicted with drug smuggling
Houston Chronicle - United States
2008 AP HOUSTON — Authorities have been rounding up members of a little-known prison gang charged with running a ring that smuggled cocaine and millions of ...
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Major Gang Roundup Nets 29 People
KLTV - Tyler,TX,USA
"The indictment alleges that each gang has maintained numerous drug houses in which crack cocaine marijuana, promethazine pills, and firearms were ...
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5 shot in Fort Worth in what police say was gang incident
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
By SUSAN TALLANT FORT WORTH -- Five people were shot early Sunday in the 1600 block of Northwest 28th Street in what appears to be a gang-related incident, ...
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Texas prison gang members plead guilty in racketeering case
Houston Chronicle - United States
2008 AP DALLAS — Three members of the Texas Syndicate prison gang have pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges on the day jury selection in their ...
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Gang intervention summit tries to break a vicious cycle
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
By MITCH MITCHELL ARLINGTON -- Sharon Richardson said she believes that reading the toe tags on teenagers at the morgue soured her 14-year-old son on gang ...
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Suspected gang members arrested on murder charges
Houston Chronicle - United States
Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino said in a statement Monday that six of the men are members of a "low-profile prison gang" the Partido Revolucionario ...
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Specialist in gang culture has boyhood ties to cops, criminals
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
Gang culture is a specialty for Rodriguez, who is an assistant criminology professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. "Due to the area we lived in ...
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Two shot in Missouri City gang fight
KHOU - Houston,TX,USA
By Adrienne M. Cody / KHOU.com MISSOURI CITY, Texas -- Two people were shot during an apparent gang-related fight in Fort Bend County on Wednesday night. ...
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A prison gang bigger than the rest
KHOU - Houston,TX,USA
By Jeff McShan / 11 News HOUSTON -- Inside any Texas prison, behind the locked doors, you’ll find a gang called Tango Blast – a prison gang bigger than all ...
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Ignore those gang initiation e-mails
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
Mass e-mails are flying around today about a supposed gang initiation in which cars are being bumped "all over the metropolex." Contrary to what the e-mail ...
Gang Fights in Prison Injure 22 and Kill One
New York Times - United States
By RALPH BLUMENTHAL HOUSTON — A federal prison in Texas erupted in violence early Friday when two gang-related fights broke out almost simultaneously in ...
Attorney General Mukasey concerned about gangs like El Paso's ...
BorderFire Report - Euless,TX,USA
by Michael Webster: Investigative Reporter: El Paso's Barrio Azteca gang are some of the most dangerous in the nation. Federal authorities point to the ...
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Liaison between prosecutors aimed at curbing gang violence
KTEN - Denison,TX,USA
Lori Hines, the head of Prater's gang unit, has been designated a special assistant US Attorney to make communication between state and federal prosecutors ...
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HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Today, investigators will try and figure out what started a riot at the federal prison downtown. At least a dozen people were injured in the brawl.
It was around 6:30pm yesterday when the fight broke out on the sixth floor of the federal facility. Houston police and firefighters were on the scene as soon as the first sign of trouble was called in.
"Injuries involved with the fights, basically a riot type situation," said Houston Fire Department District Chief Tommy Dowdy. "The guy who was transported was hit in the head with something."
As many as 80 inmates were involved in the riot and one man had to be transported due to his injuries.
All together, 50 inmates sustained some type injury. They were treated at a medical center inside of the prison. Authorities were able to break the riot up by using a flash bang. The device momentarily stuns people with a lot of noise and bright light, but there are no after effects like tear gas.
None of the federal detention officers were hurt. As for as the reason why the riot started, that is still under investigation.
