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To: LindyBill who wrote (136271)	9/1/2005 11:39:45 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 793843

Suspected MS-13 members indicted in Montgomery County Stabbing Attacks by C. Benjamin Ford GAZETTE STAFF WRITER Aug. 24, 2005 Five suspected MS-13 gang members were indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury last week in the Aug. 5 attacks of two teenagers at a Silver Spring high school and four teens at a Wheaton department store. Police arrested 12 men and youths in the two attacks. Preliminary hearings are still scheduled for the remaining seven suspects. Indicted Thursday in the Springbrook High School attack were: Kevin M. Mendoza, 18, of the 8800 block of Garland Avenue in Silver Spring, on one count each of attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, first-degree assault and conspiracy to commit first-degree assault. Rolando Velasquez, 16, of the 700 block of Langley Drive in Silver Spring, on charges of one count each of attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, first-degree assault and conspiracy to commit first-degree assault. Harris Hauffen, 17, of the 300 block of Southampton Drive in Silver Spring, on one count each of attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, first-degree assault and conspiracy to commit first-degree assault. Alfredo Sanchez, aka Nelson Bernal, 28, of Woodbridge, Va., on two counts each of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault and one count each of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree assault. Indicted in the Wheaton attack was: *Jorge A. Arbaiza, 15, of the 700 block of Fairview Avenue in Takoma Park, on four counts of attempted first-degree murder. In Montgomery County District Court on Friday, a judge granted a prosecution request to delay the preliminary hearing for Alexis Rodriguez-Marquez, 15, of the 4500 block of Sellman Road in Beltsville, for one week. Six others charged in the two attacks are scheduled to receive preliminary hearings in September. __________________________________________________________ Welcome to Montgomery County – Where ILLEGAL aliens are invited here for tax payer school, health care, and day labor pick-up/drop-off centers. Expect this kind of thing to get worse as the County Council and County Executive encourage law breaking.

To: LindyBill who wrote (136271)	9/1/2005 11:53:58 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 793843

Yes MS13 is active all right around Washington, DC. 2 weeks ago six people were stabbed at Wheaton Plaza shopping mall as the attackers yelled, "MS13." (Wheaton is a suburb of DC). Several days later two dead bodies with their throats cut were found in the bushes next to TOYSRUS at Langley Park shopping center. MS13 was painted on a stop sign nearby. (Langley Park is a couple miles from Wheaton Plaza). People have stopped walking their dogs at night and stopped running around the track at a local high school after dark. Meanwhile Montgomery County Executive Douglas Duncan wants more illegal immigrants in his politically correct county. ____________________________________________________ Duncan urges aid for illegals The Washington Times ^ \| August 17, 2005 \| S.A. Miller Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan said yesterday his recent trip to El Salvador affirmed his belief that local government should embrace illegal aliens and leave immigration enforcement to federal authorities. "We have to find ways to show compassion, not to split up families [and] not to send back half a million Salvadorans to a country that is just trying to create jobs for their current population," he said. Mr. Duncan also said the trip -- a four-day junket for him and three aides that cost county taxpayers about $8,000 -- convinced him that the way to stem illegal immigration is to foster economic development in the Americas so people have a reason to stay in their home country. The visit with such Salvadoran officials as President Elias Antonio Saca also gave Mr. Duncan ideas for tackling Montgomery County's increasing gang problem, such as finding more money for rehabilitation programs for former gang members. Critics of Mr. Duncan, who is eyeing the Democratic nomination for governor next year, say he has attempted to win over Hispanic voters by encouraging illegal aliens to settle in Montgomery County. "Mr. Duncan has much stronger sympathy for people who are not even supposed to be in the country than for his fellow Americans who face tougher job competition from illegals, who have to send their kids to overcrowded schools or generally have to pay higher taxes because of illegal immigration," said Steven Camarota, director of research for the D.C.-based Center for Immigration Studies. Based on birth records, Mr. Camarota estimates that as many as 45,000 illegal aliens live in the county -- about half of the roughly 100,000 in Maryland. The Salvadorans' population alone in Montgomery County tripled in the past three years to about 65,000, said county officials, who did not know how many were there illegally. Immigration researchers put the total number of illegal aliens in the United States at 10 million to 12 million. Mr. Duncan said most immigrants are here legally and local government should concentrate on providing services to residents, not scrutinizing some ethnic groups for immigration violations or involvement in terrorism. "I want us to be an open and welcoming community," he said. "The federal government needs to enforce immigration laws. ... Frankly, they have not been doing it." Mr. Duncan said that as a county executive, and possibly as governor, he would back federal measures to address illegal immigration. He supports immigration reform proposed by U.S. Sens. John McCain, Arizona Republican, and Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat. Their bill would create a multistep path to citizenship for illegal aliens, invite more foreign workers into the country and encourage Mexico to better police its border with the United States. The plan has been criticized for rewarding illegal aliens with citizenship. washingtontimes.com