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Wyandanch resident David Sosa-Guevara - also known as “Risky” - has been sentenced to 24 years to life in prison after he pleaded guilty in December to second-degree murder and second-degree conspiracy, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said.
Singas said that Sosa-Guevara, 28, was the head of the Hollywood Clique of MS-13 on Long Island and directed its members to collaborate with the Sailors Clique, another sect of MS-13.
As the head of the Hollywood Clique, Sosa-Guevara ordered the murder of 15-year old Angel Soler. Acting with members of the clique, he ordered his fellow gang members to kill Soler while he himself was not present at the murder.
Soler was murdered on July 21, 2017.
“With today’s sentence, one of Nassau County’s most dangerous defendants will be off our streets for many years to come,” Singas said. “The brutality and senselessness underscore the ruthlessness of MS-13 and our commitment to continuing our assault on them.
"I thank our partners at the Drug Enforcement Administration, Nassau County Police Department and HSI New York for their assistance in bringing this defendant to justice.”
According to Singas, Soler’s “body was mutilated – bearing injuries consistent with the use of a machete – and he suffered blunt force trauma to the head.” Soler was buried until his remains were discovered under cement on Oct. 19, 2017, in a remote wooded area in Roosevelt, just south of the Southern State Parkway.
In his plea, Sosa-Guevara also admitted to planning the murder of an alleged MS-13 member who was believed to have been disloyal to the gang and ordered the movement of weapons to Maryland for the purposes of that murder.
In court, Sosa-Guevara said that MS-13’s Hollywood and Sailor cliques conducted criminal activities that included murder, assault, drug trafficking, money transfers, member movements, member punishment and rival gang retribution.
Sosa-Guevara admitted he reported to gang leadership in El Salvador and the United States, and the Hollywood clique’s profits were shared with gang leaders in El Salvador.
Sosa-Guevara was arrested by members of the Nassau County Police Department’s Homicide Squad in Maryland on Nov. 9, 2017, and he has been in custody since.
Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division Special Agent in Charge Raymond Donovan said. "Sosa-Guevara’s admission of guilt reveals his true understanding of the overwhelming weight of evidence against him and his role as leader of MS-13’s Hollywood Clique."
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