US EditionMS-13 leader to be sentenced in racketeering case involving 8 murders
- Alexi Saenz, who headed an MS-13 group in the suburbs of New York City, received a 68-year prison sentence on Wednesday after being convicted in a federal racketeering trial connected to eight murders on Long Island.
- Saenz pleaded guilty last year to ordering and approving killings during a rash of violence including the 2016 murders of two high school girls, which drew national attention to MS-13.
- Saenz confessed to committing arson, violating gun laws, and engaging in drug distribution, all of which helped finance gang operations; he expressed remorse in court and sought forgiveness, though prosecutors rejected his apology as insincere and self-serving.
- Santos Castillo, whose 15-year-old son Javier was the victim, urged the court to impose the harshest penalty and acknowledged the judge's ruling, stating, "I'm not able to be happy, but I'm satisfied."
- The sentencing marks a key step in law enforcement's ongoing effort to dismantle MS-13's violent presence in Long Island and sends a message that violent gang members will face accountability.
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The leader of the New York branch of the MS-13 Salvadoran gang Mara Salvatrucha was sentenced to 68 years in prison on Wednesday for ordering the murders of eight people, including two high school girls, the Associated Press reported. The gang operates in the Brentwood and Central Islip areas of central Long Island.
MS-13 leader sentenced to 68 years in federal case involving 8 Long Island murders
The leader of an MS-13 clique in New York City’s suburbs was sentenced Wednesday to 68 years in prison in a federal racketeering case involving eight Long Island murders, including the 2016 killings of two high school girls that focused the nation’s attention on the violent Central American street gang.
MS-13 leader sentenced to 68 years in case involving 8 Long Island murders
The leader of an MS-13 clique in New York City's suburbs was sentenced Wednesday to 68 years in prison in a federal racketeering case involving eight Long Island murders, including the 2016 killings of two high school girls that focused the nation’s attention on the violent Central American street gang.
MS-13 leader in Trump’s crosshairs to be sentenced in racketeering case involving 8 Long Island murders
MS-13 gang leader Alexi Saenz faces sentencing for eight murders, including the 2016 slayings of two Long Island high school girls, with prosecutors seeking 70-year sentence.
MS-13 leader who led 'unspeakable reign of terror' sentenced 68 years in prison
A key leader of what law enforcement calls "one of the more powerful, violent and well-established" MS-13 cliques on the east coast was sentenced Wednesday to 68 years in prison.Alexi Saenz, 30, was a top-ranking member of the Brentwood, Long Island, chapter of the Sailors Locos Salvatruchas Westside, a clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13.Saenz, who is originally from El Salvador, pleaded guilty last year to racketeering and s…
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