During an 18-month long investigation into the gang, police seized firearms, live bullets and a replica grenade.

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Mr Cruz also points out, anecdotally, that of 20 gang members he enrolled in a long-term study in 1996, only five are still alive.

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There is every reason to believe that the perpetrators and victims of Chicago's next gang murders would, in a different environment, become prosperous, upstanding, long-lived citizens.

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So put the kids to bed, turn on Wolf and the gang as they get breathless about the results in Vermont and get ready for the long haul.

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By the fireside, some of the gauchos talked about electroshock therapy, while others spoke like professional sports commentators, except that they were commenting on a match played long ago, when they were twenty or thirty and belonged to some gang of hooligans.

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The government has lauded the truce and is trying to help its long-term success by working with business leaders to offer work and rehabilitation programs for gang members.

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