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Fairfax, VA
Police & Fire
MS-13 Members Found Guilty In Brutal Murders Of 2 Teens In Falls Church: DOJ
Five members of the violent international gang MS-13 were convicted of kidnapping and murdering two Fairfax County teenagers in 2016, prosecutors said. The boys were found in shallow graves at a Falls Church park seven months after they disappeared. An Alexandria jury last week found the men guilty of killing 17-year-old Edvin Escobar Mendez and 14-year-old Sergio Anthony Arita Triminio, the Department of Justice said. The convicted killers now face life sentences in federal prison. MS-13 members killed Mendez in August 2016 because they believed he was a spy for the rival 1…
Massapequa, NY
News
Two MS-13 Members Admit To Uniondale Machete Murder
Two MS-13 members from Long Island have pleaded guilty to the 2017 machete murder of a man whose body was found in a wooded area a year later. Luis Alejandro Varela, age 24, of Mineola, and William Reyes-Fuentes, age 27, from Uniondale, pleaded guilty Friday, June 24, for the August 2017 machete murder of Carlos Rivas-Majano, said Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly on Monday, June 27. Both were charged with murder and conspiracy and face 20 years to life in prison, the DA's Office said. “For more than a year, Carlos Rivas-Majano’s family was left to speculate what h…
Westminster, MD
News
MS-13 Gang Members Convicted Of Beating, Sex Trafficking Teen Girl Across Maryland And Virginia
Seven MS-13 gang members from Maryland and Virginia may spend the rest of their life behind bars after being convicted of sex trafficking in federal court for taking in a teenage runaway and coercing her into having commercial sex acts. Federal officials announced the prosecution of the street gang members, who took in the runaway from northern Virginia and introduced her to members of MS-13 in 2018, telling her "they would be her family and protect her if she joined the gang,” prosecutors said. The gang members then proceeded to beat the teen more than two dozen times with a baseball bat …
Fairfax, VA
Police & Fire
MS-13 Member Gets 21 Years In Prison For 2018 Virginia Murder: Prosecutor
A 24-year-old pleaded guilty this week to killing a man for the violent street gang MS-13, Virginia prosecutors said. Jose Morales-Arriola will serve 21 years in jail in connection with the 2018 killing of a Chesapeake man, said the commonwealth's attorney for Virginia Beach. The Fairfax County Police Department aided in the investigation that led to this conviction. Morales-Arriola said an MS-13 leader ordered him to murder 19-year-old Jairo Guardado because they believed the teen was a member of a rival gang, a press release about the conviction said. Moral…
Massapequa, NY
News
MS-13 Member Sentenced For Massapequa Park Preserve Murder
An MS-13 gang member of Long Island has been sentenced to 23 years to life in prison for the murder of a 19-year-old man at an area park preserve in 2017. Kevin Granados-Coreas, age 23, a/k/a "Lonely," of Hempstead, was sentenced on Friday, June 10, said Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly. Granados-Coreas had pleaded guilty in April to the murder of Julio Cesar Espantzay-Gonzales in the Massapequa Park Preserve, the DA's Office said. According to the investigation, Espantzay-Gonzales was reported missing on Jan. 31, 2017. On March 23, 2017, his body was found by a …
Brentwood, NY
News
Suffolk County MS-13 Member Admits To Two Murders, Attempted Murder, Drug Conspiracy
An MS-13 street gang member on Long Island will face life in prison after admitting to his role in two murders, and attempted murder to further a drug conspiracy, federal prosecutors announced. Brentwood resident Jonathan Hernandez, age 24, a member of the Sailors Locos Salvatruchas Westside (Sailors) clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, pleaded guilty to racketeering charges. Specifically, US Attorney Breon Peace said that Hernandez admitted to his participation in the Jan. 28, 2016 murder of Michael Johnson, the April 29, 2016 murder of Oscar Acosta, and attempted …
Brentwood, NY
News
MS-13 Member Admits To Three Memorial Day Weekend Murders On Long Island
An MS-13 gang member has pleaded guilty to three murders on Long Island. Jhonny Contreras, age 28, of Brentwood, a member of the Brentwood Locos Salvatruchas clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, May 17 in federal court in Central Islip to racketeering and related firearms charges in connection with his participation in three murders, said the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York. According to court filings and statements by the defendant at the guilty plea proceeding: Contreras participated in the murders of Derrick Mayes a…
Massapequa, NY
News
MS-13 Gang Leader Sentenced To Life In Prison For At Least Three Murders, Racketeering
An MS-13 gang leader from the region has been sentenced to life in prison for taking part in at least three murders, racketeering, and possession of drugs. Junior Noe Alvarado-Requeno, aka “Insolente” and “Trankilo,” age 24, of Landover, Maryland was sentenced on Monday, April 25, said Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly. Alvardo-Requeno was found guilty in Maryland of the charges during a four-week trial last year. According to the evidence presented at the four-week trial, between 2015 and 2018, Alvarado-Requeno and his co-defendant, Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, a/k/a “Reap…
Massapequa, NY
News
MS-13 Member Admits To Murder For Attack At Long Island Preserve
An MS-13 member has admitted to murdering a 19-year-old man in a machete attack at a Long Island park preserve. Kevin Granados-Coreas, age 23, of Hempstead, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, April 13, to second-degree murder and second-degree conspiracy in the 2017 death of Julio Cesar Espantzay-Gonzales, according to Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly. He is expected to be sentenced to 23 years to life in prison on Friday, May 13, Donnelly said. “Kevin Granados-Coreas worked with Julio Cesar Espantzay-Gonzales and befriended him at a restaurant at the Green Acres Mall. He then …
Brentwood, NY
News
Accused Long Island MS-13 Associate Found Guilty In Deaths Of Four
A 22-year-old associate of the MS-13 street gang on Long Island has been found guilty on all counts for her role in a quadruple homicide after luring her victims to a Suffolk County park, officials announced. Leniz Escobar, who was also known as “La Diablita,” or “The Little Devil” was found guilty of orchestrating a 2017 massacre in Suffolk County to gain favor as an associate for the gang before claiming to be a victim of the attack. Earlier story - MS-13 Member Sentenced For Long Island Murders Of Four With Machetes, Knives, Clubs, Axe Specifically, Escobar was convicted of racketeering…
Bowie, MD
News
Murderous East Coast MS-13 Leader From NJ Sentenced In MD To Life
A Jersey Shore MS-13 overlord who ran the gang’s East Coast operation was sentenced in Maryland to life in federal prison on Friday, April 1 for a “reign of terror” across several states, the U.S. Justice Department announced. Miguel Angel “Reaper” Corea Diaz, 41, of Long Branch, NJ will have to serve out the sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. The capture of Corea Diaz was “one of the biggest takedowns of a high-ranking MS-13 leader in the United States," a district attorney in Nassau County said after he was indicted on Long Island in December 2018. Corea Dia…
Brentwood, NY
News
Long Island MS-13 Gang Members Charged With Murdering Mother Whose Body Was Found In Trunk
Several purported members of the MS-13 gang members from Long Island are facing charges for a host of crimes and the murder of a mother whose body was later found in the trunk of a car, federal authorities announced. An indictment was unsealed in federal court in Central Islip charging 11 members of the street gang with multiple crimes that include predicate racketeering acts involving murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, robbery, witness tampering and witness retaliation, and related narcotics and firearms offenses. Four were also charged for their roles in the April 11, …
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