""With today's verdict, four extremely dangerous MS-13 members have been brought to justice for racketeering crimes including murder and now, deservedly, face mandatory life sentences," U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella said. "Two of the defendants were national MS-13 leaders who were responsible for authorizing murders on behalf of the gang across the country and each of the defendants participated in heinous murders, including some in which the victims were hacked to death and dismembered.""
"As proved at trial, MS-13 is a violent transnational gang operating through "cliques" or chapters in Queens, Long Island and communities across the U.S., as well as El Salvador, Honduras, and other countries in the Americas and Europe. The gang primarily makes money through drug trafficking and extortion, and is known for its gruesome murders of perceived gang rivals and gang members and associates who have violated gang rules."
Four members of MS-13, including national leaders Edenilson Velasquez Larin and Hugo Diaz Amaya and clique leader Jose Espinoza Sanchez and member Jose Arevalo Iraheta, were convicted for multiple murders. The convictions followed a 10-week federal trial in Brooklyn on charges related to four murders, including the 2018 killing of Victor Alvarenga in Flushing and the 2020 killing of Eric Monge in College Point. Each defendant faces mandatory life in federal prison. Some murders involved extreme violence, including hacking and dismemberment. MS-13 operates as a transnational gang through cliques across the U.S. and Central America, generating revenue from drug trafficking and extortion.
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