Illegal Immigrant Gangs and Terrorists

I've written about illegal immigration and its relationship with common "street crime" (mere robberies, rapes, and murders), but now there's evidence that foreign terrorists are attempting to use Hispanic gangs in their fight against Western Civilization.

A top al Qaeda lieutenant has met with leaders of a violent Salvadoran criminal gang with roots in Mexico and the United States — including a stronghold in the Washington area — in an effort by the terrorist network to seek help infiltrating the U.S.-Mexico border, law enforcement authorities said. Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, a key al Qaeda cell leader for whom the U.S. government has offered a $5 million reward, was spotted in July in Honduras meeting with leaders of El Salvador's notorious Mara Salvatrucha gang, which immigration officials said has smuggled hundreds of Central and South Americans — mostly gang members — into the United States. Although they are actively involved in alien, drug and weapons smuggling, Mara Salvatrucha members in America also have been tied to numerous killings, robberies, burglaries, carjackings, extortions, rapes and aggravated assaults — including at least seven killings in Virginia and a machete attack on a 16-year-old in Alexandria that severely mutilated his hands.

Maybe Special Order 40 -- which prohibits the LAPD from enforcing federal immigration laws -- doesn't look like such a good idea anymore?

Near the end of the article we see exactly what John Kerry had in mind when he characterized global terrorism as a mere "nuisance".

In March, the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office filed an injunction against Mara Salvatrucha, charging that the gang's criminal activity constituted a "public nuisance" based on the number of killings, robberies and drug crimes. The injunction requires gang members, under public nuisance statutes, to follow curfew rules and regulations and prohibits them from associating, driving or appearing together in designated areas of the city.

Remember, Kerry was a prosecutor, so he knows the language and code words they use -- "nuisance" wasn't chosen accidentally.