Woman Who Ran Over, Killed Long Island Activist Whose Daughter Was Murdered By MS-13 Sentenced Woman Who Ran Over, Killed Long Island Activist Whose Daughter Was Murdered By MS-13 Sentenced
Woman Who Ran Over, Killed Long Island Activist Whose Daughter Was Murdered By MS-13 Sentenced A Long Island woman who drove over and killed an anti-gang activist whose daughter was murdered by an MS-13 member will spend time behind bars after she was found guilty of homicide. Patchogue resident Anne Marie Drago was convicted in Central Islip court last year to criminally negligent homicide, petit larceny, and criminal mischief for her role in the death of Evelyn Rodriguez in September 2018. This week, a judge in Suffolk County sentenced Drago to nine months in jail after prosecutors requested a sentence of between one and three years in prison. At the time she was struck and killed…
Long Island Woman Accused Of Conspiring With MS-13 To Have Ex-Boyfriend Murdered Long Island Woman Accused Of Conspiring With MS-13 To Have Ex-Boyfriend Murdered
Long Island Woman Accused Of Conspiring With MS-13 To Have Ex-Boyfriend Murdered A woman on Long Island is facing a murder charge after allegedly conspiring with her new boyfriend, an MS-13 gang member, to kill her teenage ex-boyfriend, who was purportedly in a rival gang, several years ago. Hempstead resident Sandra Tobar Mejia, age 22, has been charged with second-degree murder, officials announced, for her role in the 2016 scheme to kill 19-year-old Osmin Campos-Sandoval, a member of the 18th Street gang, a rival of MS-13. Earlier story - ID Released For Long Island 19-Year-Old Who Was Apparent MS-13 Victim Nassau County Police Det. Lt. Stephen Fitzpatrick sai…
MS-13's Highest-Ranking Leaders Charged On Long Island With Terrorism MS-13's Highest-Ranking Leaders Charged On Long Island With Terrorism
MS-13's Highest-Ranking Leaders Charged On Long Island With Terrorism Some of the highest-ranking leaders of the MS-13 street gang were charged in federal court on Long Island with terrorism. An indictment was unsealed in Central Islip federal court on Thursday, Jan. 14 charging 14 MS-13 leaders - known as the Ranfla Nacional - who operated the organization’s Board of Directors and directed international violence for two decades. Specifically, federal prosecutors said that the indictment charges the gang leaders with conspiracy to provide and conceal material support to terrorists, conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries, consp…
MS-13 Member Sentenced For Role In 2017 Long Island Deli Murder MS-13 Member Sentenced For Role In 2017 Long Island Deli Murder
MS-13 Member Sentenced For Role In 2017 Long Island Deli Murder An MS-13 gang member has been sentenced following his conviction on murder, racketeering, and assault charges for an execution-style killing of a purported rival gang member on Long Island three years ago. Jose Suarez, an associate of the Sailors Locos Salvatruchas Westside (Sailors) clique of MS-13, was sentenced to life in prison in Central Islip federal court after being convicted of the January 2017 murder of Esteban Alvarado-Bonilla and the shooting of a female employee at a Central Islip deli. Acting U.S. Attorney Seth DuCharme said that on Jan. 30, 2017, a member of the Sailors cliqu…
Feds Seek NY's First Executions In 66 Years For MS-13 Gang Members Who Killed Two Teen Girls Feds Seek NY's First Executions In 66 Years For MS-13 Gang Members Who Killed Two Teen Girls
Feds Seek NY's First Executions In 66 Years For MS-13 Gang Members Who Killed Two Teen Girls Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a pair of alleged MS-13 gang members who are charged with murdering two Long Island teenagers. It is alleged that Jairo Saenz, 24, one of the leaders of MS-13's Brentwood chapter, killed Brentwood High School students Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens in 2016, as well as several others following a disagreement with the teen girls. Over the summer, prosecutors also announced they would seek capital punishment for Saenz’s brother, 25-year-old Alexi Saenz, for his alleged role in the murders. It is alleged that Cuevas and Mickens were murdered w…
ID Released For Long Island 19-Year-Old Who Was Apparent MS-13 Victim ID Released For Long Island 19-Year-Old Who Was Apparent MS-13 Victim
ID Released For Long Island 19-Year-Old Who Was Apparent MS-13 Victim Police have identified a Long Island teen who was an apparent MS-13 homicide victim. The body Osmin Campos-Sandoval, 19, of Hempstead, was found on Tuesday, Oct. 6 in Uniondale, Nassau County Police announced on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 10. According to detectives, the remains of an unidentified body were located in a wooded area near the Uniondale Water Tower.  Campos-Sandoval was believed to have been killed years ago by members of the MS-13 street gang, the Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said at the time the remains were found. The remains were found after pol…
MS-13 Member Fugitive Extradited To Face Charges Of Murdering  Long Island 15-Year-Old MS-13 Member Fugitive Extradited To Face Charges Of Murdering  Long Island 15-Year-Old
MS-13 Member Fugitive Extradited To Face Charges Of Murdering Long Island 15-Year-Old An alleged MS-13 street gang member charged with his role in the brutal murder of a 15-year-old boy on Long Island after being extradited from El Salvador and transported back to the United States. Eduardo Portillo, also known as “Firuli” and “Tito,” a fugitive from justice who formerly lived in Brentwood and Central Islip, was arrested in El Salvador in February last year and has been detained before being extradited back to New York over the weekend. “Bringing Mr. Portillo back to the U.S. to face justice for the heinous murder of a 15-year-old is a big step toward healing a family and c…
Suspect From Out Of State Nabbed For 2016 MS-13 Long Island Murder Suspect From Out Of State Nabbed For 2016 MS-13 Long Island Murder
Suspect From Out Of State Nabbed For 2016 MS-13 Long Island Murder Police nabbed an out-of-state-wanted man wanted for the 2016 MS-13 murder of a Long Island man found in a park. Carlos A. Lopez-Campos was arrested on Monday, Oct. 19, for the murder of Estiven Abrego Gomez, who was killed on August 20, 2016, in Greenlawn Park when he was 18 years old. Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives, with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service, Homeland Security Investigations, United States Immigration, and Customs Enforcement agents from the New York and Maryland offices, took Lopez-Campos into custody in Owings Mills, Maryland on Monday, Oct. 19. G…
MS-13 Murder Victim Found In Shallow Grave Near Long Island High School MS-13 Murder Victim Found In Shallow Grave Near Long Island High School
MS-13 Murder Victim Found In Shallow Grave Near Long Island High School The body of a person believed to have been killed by MS-13 street gang members was found this week buried in a shallow grave on Long Island, police said. Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said that a police dog led investigators to a body buried in a restricted wooded area at the end of Hempstead Boulevard near Uniondale High School. The search for the body came following by an anonymous tip, Ryder said. No information has been released regarding the victim, who is believed to have gone missing between 2016 and 2017. “Our homicide guys went out with information that led them …
MS-13 Gang Member Arrested In El Salvador For Long Island Murder MS-13 Gang Member Arrested In El Salvador For Long Island Murder
MS-13 Gang Member Arrested In El Salvador For Long Island Murder A fugitive member of the MS-13 street gang wanted for a murder on Long Island was located and arrested in El Salvador by a transnational anti-gang unit and the FBI, federal officials said. José Jonathan Guevara-Castro, 25, also known as “Suspechoso,” an alleged member of MS-13, was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 13 in Acajutla, Sonsonate, El Salvador. for an alleged murder on Long Island. Acting U.S. Attorney Seth DuCharme said that Guevara-Castro has been charged in a 24-count indictment, along with seven other MS-13 members, with racketeering offenses, murder and narcotics trafficking. …
Long Island MS-13 Members Charged With Multiple Murders, Assaults Long Island MS-13 Members Charged With Multiple Murders, Assaults
Long Island MS-13 Members Charged With Multiple Murders, Assaults Several MS-13 gang members from Long Island were among nearly a dozen arrested following an investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security division. Eight members of MS-13 were charged in a 24-count indictment for racketeering charges that includes multiple alleged murders, attempted murders, attempted kidnapping, drug, and weapons offenses. The gang members from Long Island charged were: Carlos “Russo” Alfaro, 23, of Roosevelt; Jose Jonathan Guevara-Casto, 25, formerly of Roosevelt; Victor Lopez-Morales, 32, of Roosevelt; Ever Morales-Lopez, 26, of Fre…
Former MS-13 Gang Leader Charged In Connection To Fatal Shooting Former MS-13 Gang Leader Charged In Connection To Fatal Shooting
Former MS-13 Gang Leader Charged In Connection To Fatal Shooting A former MS-13 gang leader on Long Island is facing charges for allegedly ordering a hit on a rival gang member. Queens resident Marcelo Esquivel has been charged in federal court with murder in-aid-of racketeering and causing death through the use of a firearm in connection with the fatal shooting of Daniel Licona-Gonzalez on July 2, 2012.  U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue said that on the day of the fatal shooting, Esquivel, who was the leader of the Centrales Locos Salvatrucha clique of MS-13, directed two gang members to murder a member of the rival Latin Kings, providing them with a…