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Police link random slayings in northern Virginia to MS-13

by Matthew Barakat
| October 13, 2020 9:30 AM

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Police in northern Virginia announced charges Tuesday against a dozen alleged members and associates of the MS-13 street gang for four separate slayings in 2019, including three killings that authorities say were committed at random by gang members seeking to gain status within the organization.

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