Earlier this week, the State Department announced that it is designating yet another gang, Barrio 18, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). It joins other similar criminal organizations, like Tren de Aragua and MS-13.
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While Barrio 18, also known as the 18th Street Gang, doesn’t make the headlines that those groups often do, the State Department called it “one of the largest gangs in our hemisphere.” and says it has “conducted attacks against security personnel, public officials, and civilians in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.”
El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele took to X to thank Donald Trump for the special mention the president gave his country during his UN speech on Tuesday. “I want to thank
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