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Drive-By Shooting Of Alexandria Worker On I-295 Ends With Murder Conviction For District Man Drive-By Shooting Of Alexandria Worker On I-295 Ends With Murder Conviction For District Man
Drive-By Shooting Of Alexandria Worker On I-295 Ends With Murder Conviction For District Man An El Salvadorian MS-13 member who shot and killed a man he believed to be involved in the death of his father years ago has been convicted of murder in Washington, DC, federal authorities announced. District resident Oscar Ramos, 35, was found guilty by a jury in connection to a May 2015 shooting that killed 50-year-old Pedro Melendez Alvarado and injured 56-year-old Miguel Rodriguez Carabantes during an incident over a perceived wrongdoing. Both men were from Alexandria.  According to prosecutors, Ramos, who is a member of MS-13, was a passenger in a car that was driving north on I-295, …

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by Zak Failla
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Founder Of LGBTQ+ Non-Profit In DC Charged For Fraud After 'Unexpected Return' To US: Feds Founder Of LGBTQ+ Non-Profit In DC Charged For Fraud After 'Unexpected Return' To US: Feds
Founder Of LGBTQ+ Non-Profit In DC Charged For Fraud After 'Unexpected Return' To US: Feds The trailblazing founder of Casa Ruby, a DC-based non-profit that provided services to the LGBTQ+ community is facing charges for alleged fraud and money laundering, according to prosecutors. Ruby Corado, 53, made her initial court appearance in DC on Wednesday to face charges for allegedly defrauding Paycheck Protection and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan programs, and money laundering after fleeing the country, authorities announced. Specifically, Corado is accused of diverting at least $150,000 of $1.3 million in taxpayer-backed emergency relief funds, intended for the organi…

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by Zak Failla
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Fugitive Wanted For Triple Murder In Virginia Apprehended In El Salvador Fugitive Wanted For Triple Murder In Virginia Apprehended In El Salvador
Fugitive Wanted For Triple Murder In Virginia Apprehended In El Salvador The man wanted for a triple fatal shooting that left a fourth man with serious injuries in Prince William County last May has been apprehended in El Salvador, authorities announced. International fugitive Donald Antonio Barahona Quinonez, 28, who has no fixed address, was apprehended by the Special Force of the National Civil Police and is now being held until he can be returned to Virginia to face a host of charges for his role in the murder of three people.  The Prince William County Police Department was notified of his apprehension on Monday, Jan. 22, according to a spokesperson fr…

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by Zak Failla
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Killer Husband Captured 30+ Years After Estranged Wife's West Falls Church Murder: Cops Killer Husband Captured 30+ Years After Estranged Wife's West Falls Church Murder: Cops
Jose Lazaro Cruz Arrested After more than 30 years on the run, a man accused of killing his wife in Fairfax County has been captured, authorities announced. Jose Lazaro Cruz has been wanted since spring of 1991, when he stabbed his wife, Ana Jurado, 24, on the 3100 block of Cofer Road in West Falls Church, county police said.  The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and Cruz, her estranged husband, was charged on a warrant for felony murder in May 1991.  Cruz fled to El Salvador, and authorities followed — but their efforts in finding him were futile. In 2022, Cruz was detained while crossing in…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Christmas Eve Killer Convicted Of Shooting Ex Outside Northwest DC Restaurant Christmas Eve Killer Convicted Of Shooting Ex Outside Northwest DC Restaurant
Christmas Eve Killer Convicted Of Shooting Ex Outside Northwest DC Restaurant Nearly a decade after a fatal shooting outside a Northwest DC restaurant, justice has been served for the family of a woman gunned down by her ex on Christmas Eve. Marvin Lopez remained a fugitive for years in his native El Salvador until he was eventually tracked down and tried for the murder of Evelyn Yamileth Arroyo Guerra in 2014, authorities announced. The slaying was reported in front of the El Sabor Latino Restaurant in the 3900 block of 14th Street NW, where Yamileth worked as a waitress at the time. According to court documents, on Dec. 24, 2014, a pair of lieutenants from the Met…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Rape Suspects Busted Attempting To Flee Country At Dulles Airport Maryland Rape Suspects Busted Attempting To Flee Country At Dulles Airport
Maryland Rape Suspects Busted Attempting To Flee Country At Dulles Airport Two rape suspects wanted in Maryland are in custody after being caught attempting to flee the country at Washington Dulles International Airport. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers were busy this week, arresting two men hours apart as they both sought separate flights to El Salvador to evade their arrest. First, officers arrested Oscar Armando Hernandez Mata, a 53-year-old Salvadoran in the country illegally who was wanted in Montgomery County for rape and sexually abusing a minor on Thursday afternoon at the departure gate. Officials noted that Hernandez Mata is "an alien unl…

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by Zak Failla
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'Jovial' Arlington Teen Jorge Chavarria Rodriguez Dies 'Jovial' Arlington Teen Jorge Chavarria Rodriguez Dies
'Jovial' Arlington Teen Jorge Chavarria Rodriguez Dies Jorge Chavarria Rodriguez of Arlington died on Thursday, Sept. 21, his obituary says. He was 16 years old. Born in El Salvador, Jorge has been an Arlington resident since he was 8 years old. He had just started his freshman year at Wakefield High School this fall, his obituary says. Jorge was a proud volunteer at the Phoenix Bikes Youth Program, and was remembered by his family as a jovial and friendly child who wanted to make the world a better place. A GoFundMe campaign for Jorge's family had raised $20,400 as of Thursday, Sept. 28. "Jorge was a happy and playful child, a good…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Body-Burning MS-13 Gangster Gets Life In Fed Pen For Falls Church Teen's Murder Body-Burning MS-13 Gangster Gets Life In Fed Pen For Falls Church Teen's Murder
Body-Burning MS-13 Gangster Gets Life In Fed Pen For Falls Church Teen's Murder An MS-13 member was sentenced to life in federal prison for his role in the murder of a 16-year-old Fairfax County boy believed to be cooperating with law enforcement, then lighting his body on fire and trying to cover up the murder, authorities said. Jose "Paciente" Henry Hernandez-Garcia, 29, of Annandale, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis on Friday, Aug. 4, following a two-week trial alongside two co-defendants from Maryland. MS-13, one of the largest street gangs in the United States, is a national and international gang composed primarily of immigrants or desce…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Support Swells For Family Of Teen 'Victim Of Senseless Gun Violence' Outside DC HS Support Swells For Family Of Teen 'Victim Of Senseless Gun Violence' Outside DC HS
Support Swells For Family Of Teen 'Victim Of Senseless Gun Violence' Outside DC HS Community members are rallying around the family of a 17-year-old who was shot and killed outside a Northwest DC high school decades after his grandfather immigrated to the country to avoid violence in his native El Salvador. In the afternoon of Wednesday, May 17, Jefferson Perez was shot and killed in the parking lot of Theodore Roosevelt High School in the 4400 block of Iowa Avenue NW. Perez was taken by paramedics to an area hospital after the shooting, where he later died. No other injuries were reported, and the gunmen remain at large days later. "I'll say this. I am a 25-year membe…

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by Zak Failla
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Teen Killed In PWC Crash To Be Buried In El Salvador, Family Hopes Teen Killed In PWC Crash To Be Buried In El Salvador, Family Hopes
Teen Killed In PWC Crash To Be Buried In El Salvador, Family Hopes The community is rallying around a Virginia family that is attempting to get a Prince William County teen back to his native El Salvador after he died during a violent crash in Woodbridge. Estanislao Serrano Hernández, 17, was driving shortly before 8:20 a.m. on Sunday April 9 on Featherstone Road near Walnut Street when he unexpectedly lost control when he attempted to pass another driver. Serrano Hernández’s Toyota went off the roadway and directly struck the Testing Technologies Inc. building in the 1200 block of Featherstone Road, rolling over and coming to rest on the roof. The teen …

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by Zak Failla
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Sexual Abuser Wanted In MD Busted By Border Patrol At Dulles International Airport: Officials Sexual Abuser Wanted In MD Busted By Border Patrol At Dulles International Airport: Officials
Sexual Abuser Wanted In MD Busted By Border Patrol At Dulles International Airport: Officials An El Salvador native who was wanted in Maryland for sexual assault charges was busted by US Customs and Border Protection agents minutes after landing at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, authorities announced. Calixto Lazo Cabrera, 57, was arrested shortly after midnight on Friday, March 31 as he arrived on a flight from El Salvador. Lazo Cabrera is wanted in Montgomery County on multiple felony sex assault charges, including sex abuse of a minor, sex abuse second degree, and third-degree sex abuse offenses, according to officials. Prior to landing, officers were tippl…

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by Zak Failla
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Customs Officers Bust Two Men Wanted For Sex Offenses At Dulles International Airport Customs Officers Bust Two Men Wanted For Sex Offenses At Dulles International Airport
Customs Officers Bust Two Men Wanted For Sex Offenses At Dulles International Airport Two men wanted for felony sex offenses in the DMV region were apprehended by US Customs and Border Protection officers as they attempted to board an international flight at Washington Dulles International Airport. Officials announced that officers arrested Kadian Andre Mitchell, 42, of Alexandria, Virginia, and Gaithersburg, Maryland resident Alexander Mercado Amaya, 31, in two separate stops at the airport over the weekend. Mitchell is wanted in Prince George’s County on rape charges and was apprehended as he was heading on a flight to Panama. Amaya was wanted in his hometown Montgomery Co…

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by Zak Failla
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Five MS-13 Gang Members Sentenced For Brutally Murdering, Dismembering Teens In Virginia: DOJ Five MS-13 Gang Members Sentenced For Brutally Murdering, Dismembering Teens In Virginia: DOJ
Five MS-13 Gang Members Sentenced For Brutally Murdering, Dismembering Teens In Virginia: DOJ Five members of the MS-13 transnational street gang will spend life in prison for their roles in the kidnapping and violent murder of two boys in Virginia in 2016. Federal authorities announced on Wednesday, Nov. 2, that gang members Elmer Zelaya Martinez, 31, Ronald Herrera Contreras, 24, Henry Zelaya Martinez, 28, Pablo Velasco Barrera, 24, and Duglas Ramirez Ferrera, 26, all from El Salvador, have received multiple life sentences. Specifically, each was sentenced to six terms of life in prison, and two terms of 120 months behind bars, all of which will run concurrently. Prosecutors say…

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by Zak Failla
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Netflix Is About To Start Charging You To Share Your Password Netflix Is About To Start Charging You To Share Your Password
Netflix Is About To Start Charging You To Share Your Password Sharing your Netflix password will soon come with a price. Starting in early 2023, Netflix will allow only one "home account" and charge for every "sub account" added to that account — up to five, the company announced. The new payment plan was rolled out as an experiment in Argentina, Dominican Republic, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, where customers paid $2.99 to add a sub account. Netflix did not immediately say how much sub accounts will cost Americans.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Two Salvadoran Men Wanted In Maryland For Sex Crimes Apprehended At Dulles Airport In DC Two Salvadoran Men Wanted In Maryland For Sex Crimes Apprehended At Dulles Airport In DC
Two Salvadoran Men Wanted In Maryland For Sex Crimes Apprehended At Dulles Airport In DC Two Salvadorian nationals living in Maryland - one of whom was reportedly fleeing prosecution - wanted for sex crimes were busted by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Washington Dulles International Airport, according to authorities. The agency announced on Wednesday, Aug. 31 that this month, officers apprehended Jose Efrain Mejia Alas, 34, who had been living in Germantown, and Juan Anitportan Lara Ramos, 50, an Essex resident, who are both wanted in Maryland for sexual abuse claims. Alas was arrested on Sunday, Aug. 21 as he attempted to board a flight to El Salvador, whi…

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by Zak Failla
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Leesburg Rape Suspect Back On US Soil For Arrest After 21 Years Leesburg Rape Suspect Back On US Soil For Arrest After 21 Years
Leesburg Rape Suspect Back On US Soil For Arrest After 21 Years A Leesburg rape suspect is back in the U.S. after being on the run since 2001, officials said.Franklin Carcamo Giron was accused of multiple instances of rape back in 2001 and was charged with two counts of rape of a juvenile under the age of 13 years old, the Leesburg Police Department reported. That same year, Carcamo Giron was released on bond and he fled to El Salvador, officials said. In 2019, 18 years later, Leesburg Police discovered where he was in El Salvador and worked with international law enforcement to find, extradite, and arrest Carcamo Giron, authorities said. Carcamo Giron…

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by AJ Goldbloom