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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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Convicted Virginia MS-13 Killer Sentenced In NJ Murder Plot Convicted Virginia MS-13 Killer Sentenced In NJ Murder Plot
Convicted Virginia MS-13 Killer Sentenced In NJ Murder Plot 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A member of an MS-13 clique who just began serving 40 years in federal prison for a murder in Virginia was sentenced to 10 years for his role in a failed plot to kill a rival in Hudson County. The plea-bargained sentence approved by a federal judge in Newark on Thursday, March 21, won’t require Jose Gimenez-Lobos, a 33-year-old Salvadoran national, to serve more time. It will run concurrently. Gimenez-Lobos and two companions were ordered by a high-ranking member of La Mara Salvatrucha to execute a member of the rival 18th Street gang from the Maryland/Virginia area, U.S. Attorney …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pickaxe-Wielding MS-13 Gang Member Admits To Role In Grisly Murder Of Teen In VA Park Pickaxe-Wielding MS-13 Gang Member Admits To Role In Grisly Murder Of Teen In VA Park
Pickaxe-Wielding MS-13 Gang Member Admits To Role In Grisly Murder Of Teen In VA Park An El Salvadoran man who is a part of MS-13 admitted to his role in kidnapping and violently murdering a boy in Fairfax County in 2016. Edwin Orellana Caballero, who was 16 and living in Alexandria at the time of the murder, is the latest to plead guilty to killing a 14-year-old from Falls Church who was lured to Holmes Run Stream Valley Park in Fairfax County, where he was butchered by members of the street gang, federal authorities announced on Thursday. Prosecutors say that on Sept. 26, 2016, the teen - whose name was listed as S.A.A.T. by the DOJ - was cajoled to go to the park, where …

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by Zak Failla
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MS-13 Gangsters, Undocumented Individual Charged In Loudoun Co. Crime Spree: Police MS-13 Gangsters, Undocumented Individual Charged In Loudoun Co. Crime Spree: Police
MS-13 Gangsters, Undocumented Individual Charged In Loudoun Co. Crime Spree: Police Four arrests have been made in a series of violent crimes across Leesburg dating back to May 2023, authorities announced. Those charged include Emerson Martinez-Alvarenga, 19; Marcos Sorto-Argueta, 19; Marco Mendoza-Monjaras, 19; and Juan Cubillas-Rodriguez, 18, all of Leesburg, were slapped with various offenses, Leesburg police said Thursday, Aug. 10. The teens were charged in the following incidents: May 21: A subject brandished a firearm at multiple victims in the 0-99 block of Hancock Place NE. Emerson Martinez-Alvarenga has been charged in this investigation with one …

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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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MS-13 Gang Members Convicted Of Murdering Suspected Snitch, Burning Body In VA MS-13 Gang Members Convicted Of Murdering Suspected Snitch, Burning Body In VA
MS-13 Gang Members Convicted Of Murdering Suspected Snitch, Burning Body In VA Three members of the MS-13 street gang in Maryland could spend the rest of their lives behind bars for allegedly killing someone they incorrectly thought was a snitch and then going to extreme lengths in an effort to cover it up, federal officials announced. Maryland residents Jose Domingo Ordonez-Zometa a/k/a “Felon,” 33, of Landover Hills, Jose Rafael Ortega-Ayala, a/k/a Impaciente,” 30, of Greenbelt, and Jose Henry Hernandez-Garcia, a/k/a “Paciente,” 29, of Annandale, Virginia, were convicted for their roles in racketeering and murder conspiracy to further their gang activities. Specific…

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by Zak Failla
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Middle-Man Gets Life In Prison For Role In Murder-For-Hire Involving Jilted Husband In Region Middle-Man Gets Life In Prison For Role In Murder-For-Hire Involving Jilted Husband In Region
Middle-Man Gets Life In Prison For Role In Murder-For-Hire Involving Jilted Husband In Region A third co-conspirator will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted for his role in a murder-for-hire conspiracy in Maryland involving a cheating wife and vengeful husband, federal officials announced. Jose David Navarro Cervellon, 41, of Norcross, Georgia, has been sentenced to life in federal prison after being convicted following an eight-day trial on federal charges for serving as a middle-man involving a husband who wanted his wife killed for cheating, prosecutors announced. Specifically, Cervellon was convicted for the use of interstate commerce facilities in the …

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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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DC Gang Member Admits To Kidnapping Conspiracy That Led To Death Of 19-Year-Old DC Gang Member Admits To Kidnapping Conspiracy That Led To Death Of 19-Year-Old
DC Gang Member Admits To Kidnapping Conspiracy That Led To Death Of 19-Year-Old A 23-year-old D.C. resident and street gang member pleaded guilty to a first degree murder charge, officials said. In 2019, Jordan Moreno, "Joker", and two other members of the "Tiny Locos Surenos" group in the 18th Street gang, kidnapped a woman who they believed was associating with another gang, MS-13, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Moreno and the co-conspirators lured the victim to a wooded area in Maryland, where Moreno shot and killed her, authorities reported. Moreno pleaded guilty to federal kidnapping charges related to the death of the 19-year-old woman after plead…

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by AJ Goldbloom
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MS-13 Members Found Guilty In Brutal Murders Of 2 Teens In Falls Church: DOJ MS-13 Members Found Guilty In Brutal Murders Of 2 Teens In Falls Church: DOJ
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…

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by Josh Lanier
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MS-13 Gang Members Convicted Of Beating, Sex Trafficking Teen Girl Across Maryland And Virginia MS-13 Gang Members Convicted Of Beating, Sex Trafficking Teen Girl Across Maryland And Virginia
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 …

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by Zak Failla
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MS-13 Member Gets 21 Years In Prison For 2018 Virginia Murder: Prosecutor MS-13 Member Gets 21 Years In Prison For 2018 Virginia Murder: Prosecutor
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…

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by Josh Lanier