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Feds Nab More than 100 Gang Members in Raids

Federal authorities are conducting a nationwide crackdown against a Latino street gang involved in murder, drug smuggling and human trafficking. More than 100 members of the gang -- known as Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13 -- have been arrested in six cities across the U.S. NPR's Mandalit Del Barco reports.

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