THE LATEST: SESSIONS TRAVELS TO EL SALVADOR

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Jul 27, 10:31 AM EDT


WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on Attorney General Jeff Sessions' trip to El Salvador (all times local):

10:30 a.m.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is on a mission to El Salvador that aims to strengthen international cooperation in the fight against the street gang MS-13.

Sessions left early Thursday, taking no questions as he boarded. He's traveling with leaders of the Justice Department's criminal division who are seeking ways to stamp out MS-13. The violent gang has plagued many U.S. cities.

The journey comes after a week of blistering criticism from President Donald Trump of Sessions' performance as attorney general.


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[Girard442]

1. Bet he made sure DOJ paid for return ticket in advance.

[DK504]

2. Is he going to lauder some blood money?

[sandensea]

3. I wouldn't be too surprised if Donnie gets him whacked while he's down there.

It would be a win-win for Cheeto: he can use the "incident" to fan even more anti-Hispanic hysteria among his base.

[Raven]

4. Sessions is going to drive Trump stark raving mad (if he isn't already).n/t

[Ford_Prefect]

5. He's flying cover for rebooting the Contra Cocaine War. MS-13 is based in the US and always was.

MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha; also known as simply MS or Mara) is an international criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles, California, US in the 1980s. The gang later spread to many parts of the continental United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America, and is active in urban and suburban areas. Most members are ethnically of Central American origin (principally El Salvador).

In the U.S., the MS-13 has an especially heavy presence in Los Angeles County and the San Francisco Bay Area in California; the Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas of Fairfax County, Virginia, Montgomery County, Maryland, and Prince George's County, Maryland; Queens, New York; Long Island, New York; Newark, New Jersey, Plainfield, New Jersey; Jersey City, New Jersey; Elizabeth, New Jersey; the Boston, Massachusetts area; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Houston, Texas. There is also a presence of MS-13 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-13