This was the third try for Guerra, the baker/owner of the popular Barrio Bread at 18 S. Eastbourne Ave. who had been nominated for the prestigious honor — think foodiverse’s Academy Awards ...

By BEN FINLEY To hear the Trump administration tell it, Kilmar Abrego Garcia smuggled thousands of people across the country ...

The case is a political flashpoint in the administration’s stepped-up immigration enforcement. Now it returns to the U.S.

A local gang, Barrio 18, began extorting the family for “rent money" and threatened to kill his older brother Cesar — or force him into their gang — if they weren't paid, court documents state.

Barrio 18. Abrego Garcia was never charged with a crime, and the only alleged tie between the construction worker and MS-13 stemmed from a 2019 report by a since-fired Maryland police officer.

He was granted a form of legal protection from deportation to El Salvador in 2019 due to threats from Barrio 18, a rival gang to MS-13. In March, the Trump administration admitted Abrego Garcia ...

In 2021, the U.S. Treasury Department slapped sanctions against Bukele’s vice minister of justice and a top presidential aide for cutting deals with leaders of the MS-13 and Barrio 18 gangs.

The 18th Street clique, also known as Barrio 18, is a multi-ethnic street gang that started in Los Angeles and has become one of the nation’s largest gangs. ICE and other federal agencies also ...