Nov 15, 2023 · At the conclusion of a removal hearing, a federal court in Houston, Texas ordered Elmer Canales-Rivera, aka Crook de Hollywood, a high-ranking leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, aka MS-13, to be transferred in custody to the Eastern District of New York where he and 13 other high-ranking MS-13 leaders were indicted in December 2020 on terrorism ...

Nov 9, 2023 · Crook, who was considered by many to be the second highest-ranking member of the MS13 and is wanted for crimes in both El Salvador and the United States, is “already in United States’ hands,” La Prensa Gráfica reported.

Jan 29, 2024 · A former Barrio 18 gang leader swindled a high-ranking police chief in a fake plot to have a Mexican drug cartel abduct Elmer Canales Rivera, alias ‘Crook,’ according to an investigation by ‘El...

Nov 16, 2023 · A Houston federal court ordered a high-ranking international gangster of La Mara Salvatrucha, otherwise known as MS-13, to be reprimanded by the Eastern District of New York where he will face terrorism charges with 13 co-defendants.

Nov 10, 2023 · Elmer Canales Rivera, alias "Crook". Es considerado el segundo al mando de la Mara Salvatrucha o MS-13, una de las pandillas históricamente más poderosas de El Salvador y cuyos tentáculos se...

Elmer Canales-Rivera, 47, also known as “Crook de Hollywood,” was arrested on Nov. 9 by federal agents when he arrived at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release.

Jul 19, 2022 · Prosecutors there unveiled a groundbreaking indictment against Crook and 13 other top MS13 leaders for terrorism-related crimes in January 2021. The MS13 is reaping the benefits of its years-long work cultivating political relationships in El Salvador and extending its gang network throughout Guatemala and Mexico.

Jun 11, 2024 · In order to extort those benefits and concessions, MS-13 engaged in public displays of violence to threaten and intimidate civilian populations, target GOES law enforcement and military officials, and manipulate the electoral process in El Salvador.

Dec 11, 2023 · US prosecutors indicted Crook and 13 other MS13 leaders in December 2020 on charges ranging from narco-terrorism to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. Crook was one of 12 members of the so-called ranfla histórica, the gang’s “historic leadership board,” to …

Apr 17, 2024 · Crook is a powerful terrorist leader of the MS-13, along with thirteen other leaders who are allegedly serving sentences in Salvadoran prisons for serious crimes committed or ordered by them in both El Salvador and the United States.