<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Gangs</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/specials/gangs?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><description>Gangs</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Oversight of Slain Witness Faulted]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47808-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47808-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A 16-year-old federal witness was not properly supervised in an FBI safe house in Maryland, which became the scene of street gang activity involving members now accused of killing her.]]></description><author> Jerry Markon and Jamie Stockwell</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosecutors Say Slaying Of Witness Was Planned]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45042-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45042-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There was nothing spontaneous about the brutal, midmorning slaying of Brenda Paz, prosecutors said yesterday. Over several months, the stabbing death of the federal witness was meticulously plotted from an Alexandria jail cell, and when it came time to execute the plan, July 13, 2003, it was calculated and precise, they said.]]></description><author> Jamie Stockwell and Jerry Markon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Gang Leader Gets 151 Years in Deadly Plot]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38448-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38448-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A leader of a Latino street gang that took four lives and scarred countless others in a bid to eliminate its rivals was sentenced yesterday to 151 years in prison for his part in the conspiracy.]]></description><author> Henri E. Cauvin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gang Link Suspected in Pr. William Attack]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28422-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28422-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A 14-year-old boy was beaten with baseball bats and stabbed over the weekend outside Manassas Mall, and two men have been charged in what police say was the gang-related attack, Prince William County officials said yesterday.]]></description><author> Tara Young</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Gang Trial  Witness Flees But Is Caught]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8073-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8073-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Case highlights difficulties in the federal and state crackdown on MS-13, the largest and most violent street gang in Northern Virginia.]]></description><author> Jerry Markon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney Protests Legal Maneuvers in MS-13 Killing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8016-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8016-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Prince William County prosecutors have dropped murder indictments against two reputed members of the Mara Salvatrucha street gang who were charged in the slaying of another gang member whom they accused of being a snitch.]]></description><author> Tara Young</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Stop Gangs, Provide Youth Programs, Officials Say]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48707-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48707-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Slide after slide of Virginia youths throwing gang signs and proudly flashing gang tattoos was a new reality that no one attending the forum at the Woodbridge church seemed to want to accept.]]></description><author> Tara Young</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honored for a Gang Truce]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45548-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45548-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It was an unlikely meeting in an unlikely place, made possible by the most improbable of circumstances: Muhammad Ali, the legendary boxer, shaking hands with the former leaders of two rival Prince George's County gangs at the Embassy of Austria in Northwest Washington.]]></description><author> Arthur Santana</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Va. Area Evolves, Views Diverge]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35153-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35153-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The neighborhood called Irongate is a horseshoe-shaped subdivision of brick- and vinyl-sided townhouses in the dense middle of Prince William County, behind the Dollar Tree, the Starbucks and the constant traffic of Sudley Road.]]></description><author> Stephanie McCrummen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[MS-13 Crackdown Nets 35 in Region]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34335-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34335-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal immigration officials announced yesterday that they have lodged charges against 103 reputed members of Mara Salvatrucha  --  one-third of them from the Washington area  --  in a national sweep aimed at disrupting the fast-growing gang.]]></description><author> Mary Beth Sheridan and David Cho</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[12-Year Term in Machete Attack]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8806-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8806-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The third and final gang member involved in the machete attack last spring that severed four fingers from a 16-year-old boy's hand was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in prison.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fairfax Machete Victim Testifies He Played Dead]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64435-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64435-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The victim of a machete attack outside a Merrifield multiplex appeared in court yesterday, both hands in casts, three fingers missing and his head marked with pink scars as long as six inches.]]></description><author> Peter Whoriskey</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rival Gang Members Attack Boy, Police Say]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51894-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51894-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A 14-year-old boy was beaten with baseball bats and stabbed Wednesday night by four teenagers in a rival gang in a Manassas area neighborhood that has been fraught with violence in recent months, police said yesterday.]]></description><author> Ian Shapira</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murder Trial Offers a Rare Look at Gang]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36676-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36676-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A member of the Fairfax County police gang unit testified at a recent murder trial in Prince George's Circuit Court and offered a rare glimpse into the workings of Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, the Latino gang with an estimated 3,000 members in Northern Virginia.]]></description><author> Ruben Castaneda</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Chance for a Clean Start]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36703-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36703-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Dr. Colin Berry's office in Yorktown, Va., offers more than a tattoo removal service. It is where former gang members who are willing to endure a little pain can find redemption.]]></description><author> David Cho</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murder Trial Offers Rare Look at MS-13]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29133-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29133-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Fairfax County gang unit detective played a key role in a recent court case in Prince George's County in which a Suitland man was convicted of first-degree murder.]]></description><author> Ruben Castaneda</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trial Offers Rare Look at Gang Life]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11332-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11332-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A murder trial in Prince George's Circuit Court two weeks ago, in which a young Suitland man was convicted of first-degree murder, offered an unusual glimpse into  a Latino gang that officials say is responsible for an increasing amount of violence in the Washington area.]]></description><author> Ruben Castaneda</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demands on Police, EMS Grow With Population]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A397-2005Feb5.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A397-2005Feb5.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  One night late last year, Prince William County police Officer Shawn Peak was patrolling the fast-growing Woodbridge area. He cruised past a neighborhood notorious for gang activity but found only some Mara Salvatrucha gang graffiti on a fence. He headed to the back lot of a shopping center where he saw some homeless people, checked their identification, and told them to move along.]]></description><author> Ian Shapira</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[MS-13 Man Sentenced to 3 Life Terms]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64761-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64761-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/gangs</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Salvadoran street gang member was sentenced for the 2001 rape and killing of a Falls Church area woman.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item></channel></rss>
