103: Bob Clifford - MS-13, Mara Salvatrucha

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

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🗓️ 15 February 2018

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Retired agent Bob Clifford reviews the organization and operation of the transnational gang Mara Salvatrucha, known as MS-13, the most dangerous gang in the United States. In November 2004, Bob Clifford was asked by then- FBI Director Robert Mueller to accept a special assignment to FBIHQ to establish the FBI's MS-13 National Gang Task Force, and served as its first director. For the next 18 months, Bob led multi-agency and multi-national efforts to combat the infamous MS-13 and other violent transnational street gangs, to include several deployments throughout Central America to successfully garner international cooperation and intelligence-sharing. In addition to coordinating multiple law enforcement field operations, Bob was required to appear before White House, Congressional, and Cabinet-level officials on a regular basis. The task force is now known as the Transnational Anti-Gang (TAG) Task Force initiative.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 103 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:11.4	I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by true crime
0:15.5	FBI cases. Today we get to speak to retired agent Bob Clifford who served with the FBI for 24 years.
0:26.7	In this episode, he reviews the organization and operation of the Trans National gang Mara Savachuchi known as MS-13, the most dangerous
0:40.4	gang in the United States.
0:43.0	In November 2004, Bob Clifford was asked by then FBI Director Robert Mueller
0:51.0	to accept a special assignment to FBI headquarters to establish the FBI's
0:56.8	MS-13 National Gang Task Force and serve as its first director.
1:03.0	For the next 18 months, Bob led multi-agency and multinational efforts to combat the infamous MS-13 and other violent trans-national street gangs
1:17.6	to include several deployments throughout Central America
1:21.7	to successfully garner international cooperation and
1:26.1	intelligence sharing.
1:28.0	In addition to coordinating multiple law enforcement field operations, Bob was required to appear before White House,
1:36.6	congressional, and cabinet-level officials on a regular basis.
1:42.0	The task force is now known as the Trans-National on a
1:44.0	trans national anti-gang tag task force
1:48.0	task force initiative.
1:50.0	Bob Clifford was previously interviewed on episodes 96 and 97 of FBI retired case
1:58.9	foul review about his investigation and capture of the only surviving hijacker
2:05.6	responsible for the hijacking of Egypt Air
2:09.3	flight 648. As you are well aware, MS-13 has been big in the news lately. So I really wanted to bring this
2:20.0	episode to you. I thought I knew a little bit about MS-13, but boy did I receive an education and you
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