MS-13 Gang Members Allegedly Stab 3 Virginia State Prison Officers

Five of the prisoners accused in the attack are in the United States illegally.

The Wallens Ridge State Prison in Big Stone Gap, Va., on April 9, 1999. Tan Van Le/Bristol Herald Courier via AP

Three corrections officers at the Wallens Ridge State Prison in Virginia were attacked by six inmates in an “apparently premeditated stabbing” incident, the Virginia Department of Corrections said in a May 2 statement shared on social media platform X.

“The attack occurred at approximately 09:45 a.m. on Friday, May 2. Five of the six inmates involved in the attack are confirmed MS-13 gang members from El Salvador, who were in this country illegally. Each have been convicted of violent crimes including aggravated murder, first and second degree murder, and rape,” the statement said.