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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…
MS-13 Member Sentenced For Murders Of Teen, 22-Year-Old
A Long Island MS-13 member will face life in prison after admitting to murdering a teenager in 2016 and a 22-year-old in 2017.
Last month, Edar Ventura - also known as Trauma and Despiadado - pleaded guilty during jury selection to two counts of murder, attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon. On Tuesday, April 23, he was sentenced to a term of between 32 years to life in prison.
According to Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, on Dec. 13, 2016, Ventura and co-defendant David Maldonado, both MS-13 gang members, “sought to kill a perceived enemy of MS-13.”
The tw…
