FBI Says Deadly Gang Used Cell Phones From Prison to Give Orders on Outside

Barrio Azteca gang member/doj file photo
By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com

With modern technology comes modern headaches for law enforcement.

The El Paso Times reports that an FBI agent testified in federal court in El Paso on Wednesday that the violent Barrio Azteca gang leaders in prison gave orders to street soldiers by cell phone.

FBI agent Samantha Mikeska said the cell phones were tapped as part of major probe last year into gang that operates on both sides of the border, the El Paso Times reported.

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