Salvadoran authorities captured 120 members and associates of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, the prosecutor's office said on Thursday, part of a broad offensive to curb the escalation of gang-related killings in the Central American nation, according to Reuters. During the operation, which started Wednesday night, police arrested five leaders of MS-13 and seized motels, restaurants, brothels and dozens of buses controlled by the gang. "Of the eight main ringleaders, we have captured five ... including the financier of MS," El Salvador's Attorney General Douglas Melendez told reporters. Melendez also said that authorities confiscated an unspecified amount of money and drugs.
