MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced For 2022 Murder In Montgomery County

MS-13 member sentenced to life for shooting in Silver Spring

Some readers might find the details of this story disturbing. The sound of gun-fire echoed throughout a Silver Spring neighborhood in November 2022. News4 partner Telemundo 44 caught the barrage of bullets in what investigators say were the fatal shots that killed 20-year-old Advin Agustin Leon. Leon and another man were forced to walk into a ravine for a planned...

MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced For 2022 Murder In Montgomery County

Edvin Moises Agustin Leon was found fatally shot behind a Silver Spring apartment complex in November 2022.

MS-13 member sentenced to life for 2022 murder

MS-13 gang member Edgard Castro-Contreras was sentenced on Monday to life in prison plus an additional 52 years for the killing of 20-year-old Edvin Agustin Leon in a gang-related shooting in Gaithersburg, Maryland in 2022.

Montgomery County MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder

Edgard Castro-Contreras Rockville, MD (DG) – A gang-related shooting that shook a Silver Spring neighborhood has now led to a life sentence. On Monday, August 18th, a Montgomery County judge ordered Edgard Castro-Contreras to serve life in prison plus 52 years. A jury had convicted him in April of murdering 20-year-old Edvin Agustin Leon, attempting to kill a second victim, and multiple conspiracy and firearms charges. Authorities say the two vi…