美國掃蕩MS 13黑幫逮捕267人

U.S. law enforcement officials announced on Thursday the arrest of nearly 300 members of MS-13, a violent gang the Trump administration has vowed to get off America's streets.

The arrests were made in recent weeks as part of a major anti-gang crackdown. Led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the operation swept up 214 MS-13 members in the United States and 53 members in El Salvador, the gang's home base, officials said.

The two-phase operation, aimed at MS-13 members and their global financial networks, was begun under the administration of former President Barack Obama but has escalated under President Donald Trump.

The initial, 18-month phase ended in September and netted 51 arrests in El Salvador, officials said at a news conference in Washington.

The second phase, running from October 8 to November 11, resulted in the latest arrests in the United States and El Salvador.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions touted the arrests as an important step in the Trump administration's effort to stamp out MS-13, whose members have been implicated in a series of high-profile murders around the country.美國執法官員星期四宣佈，逮捕了將近300名MS-13幫派成員。川普政府表示，要把這個兇殘的黑幫從美國清除。

這些人是近幾個星期在一次重大的掃蕩黑幫行動中逮捕的。這次行動由美國移民和海關執法局領導。有關官員說，在美國境內抓獲了214名MS-13成員，另外53人是在這個黑幫的老窩薩爾瓦多落網的。

這此掃蕩行動分爲兩個階段，目的是抓獲MS-13 幫派成員，摧毀他們的財務網絡。鎮壓行動在奧巴馬政府時期就開始了，在川普政府領導下加大了力度。

有關官員在華盛頓舉行的記者會上說，截至9月份的18個月裏，在薩爾瓦多共抓獲了51人。

今年10月8日到11月11日是第二階段，最近的逮捕行動是第二階段的工作成果。

美國司法部長塞申斯說，這些人的落網是川普消滅MS-13 幫派努力的重大步驟。MS-13 的成員在美國各地製造了一系列引起轟動的兇殺案。