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"MS-13 does come and go. If law enforcement is up, and they are really being hounded, they will leave the area. If things get comfortable for them, they will come back into an area to make a profit. I see them seeing Denver as a potential destination spot again."
A multi-agency crackdown on the violent Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, street gang over the last four years has metro Denver authorities hopeful they have at least temporarily disrupted its operations here, but they warn a porous border is an invitation for gang members to return.
An MS-13 gang member is among 13 illegal aliens from El Salvador convicted for their involvement in gang-related murders.
Mauricio Alvarado-Vasquez, a 31-year-old member of the MS-13 gang from El Salvador, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for his roles in two murders, an attempted murder and an apartment shooting in Colorado, judicial officials announced.
Mauricio Alvarado-Vasquez, 31, member of the MS-13 gang, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for several murders and attempted murders in 2019.