US says MS-13 gang terrorized farm town

FRESNO, Calif. – More than two dozen MS-13 gang members and affiliates were arrested and charged following a monthslong murder and drug trafficking investigation centered on a rural California farm city, U.S. and state prosecutors said Friday.

One indictment accuses two MS-13 gang members of kidnapping and murdering a Fresno County man in December, authorities said. Another federal indictment accuses two other people affiliated with MS-13 of assault.