BY ELIZABETH LLORENTE
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

Federal agents and local police authorities arrested nearly 100 alleged gang members and associates around New Jersey last week, immigration officials announced today.

Five of those arrested are residents of the City of Passaic, officials said. The rest are from Hudson, Union and Middlesex counties, they said.

The suspected gang members and associates are natives of Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and the Dominican Republic, officials said, adding that 30 are here illegally.

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