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A Gang's Breaking Point

Friday 10pm FRONTLINE: THE GANG CRACKDOWN - Investigative documentary series - Killings linked to the MS-13 gang and the crackdown that led to the unlawful detainment of some immigrant teens.Some 25 dead bodies have been found on Long Island since 2016, all linked to the violent gang MS-13. FRONTLINE investigates the impact of both the gruesome killings and the resulting anti-gang crackdown on Long Island — home to one of the U.S.’s largest communities of unaccompanied minors, who fled gang violence in Central America only to face it here. https://youtu.be/lhApBYiyJXI Drawing on interviews with murder victims’ families, accused gang members, top Justice Department officials including Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, local law enforcement and ICE leadership, and civil rights and immigration lawyers, The Gang Crackdown explores the reasons behind the spike in violence on Long Island— and examines whether law enforcement and the government have overreached in trying to combat it.

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Mia Laurenzo is a 30-year veteran of public television in Miami. She began her career learning every aspect of video production. Currently she is a writer, producer, on-air host and promotions coordinator for TV, radio and the web. Her experiences include producing for a series, special events and historical documentaries. As a native Floridian, she is a perfect fit for South Florida's Storyteller Station, WLRN. She has produced award winning, nationally distributed documentaries like Journey to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade where one year she followed a high school band and a clown as they prepared for the big day and the next year, she had the privilege of being a clown herself. Previously, she produced Weird Florida: On the Road Again, a sequel to the highly successful show Weird Florida: Roads Less Traveled, where the cast and crew travel over 1,500 miles searching the Sunshine State’s weirdest and wackiest places. On a more serious note and what she considers to be her most important work, she produced Out of Darkness, Into Light, a documentary on child sexual abuse,which delved into the lives of three adult survivors, a show in which she was awarded her first of two Emmys.