Interesting article...the drug war in Seattle...

Portland is also mentioned in the article...

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009082887_drugsweep19m.html

Here's a little link on Mara Salvatrucha as well. I didn't know much about that gang at all:

http://www.knowgangs.com/gang_resources/profiles/ms13/

The Seattle Times article struck me as a bit strange. It seems the Police acted to make the park safe because the regular dealers were displaced by the Honduran gang.

So-- the cops were ok with the regular bunch?

My impression was just that they noticed a pattern...but, yeah, that could probably have been worded better.

Next thing you know we will have gangs in LA....wait...next thing we know we will have this gang in LA. Around here the regular drug dealers get arrested too. Interesting.