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3 members of MS-13 street gang plead guilty in 9 killings in New York City suburbs

  • A high-ranking member of MS-13, Jairo Saenz, pleaded guilty to racketeering and other federal charges in a case involving seven slayings, including the 2016 killings of two high school girls.
  • Jairo Saenz, originally from El Salvador, faces 40 to 60 years in prison and will be sentenced on June 13.
  • Prosecutors stated that Saenz was the second-in-command in a gang clique known as Sailors Locos Salvatruchas Westside operating in New York.
  • Acting U.S. Attorney Carolyn Pokorny described Saenz's actions as 'barbaric, and multiple acts of senseless gang violence that had turned parts of Long Island into a war zone.
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The accused, high-ranking members of MS-13, admitted their participation in numerous savage killings with machetes and firearms

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New York, Jan 17 (EFE).- Three high-ranking members of the criminal organization Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) pleaded guilty in the last hours of multiple crimes, including nine murders committed in Long Island, New York State, and elsewhere between 2016 and 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice reported.The defendants, who recognized their guilt in a federal court in Central Islip, Long Island, were the leaders for New York of the cells (clicks, in …

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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Tuesday, January 14, 2025.
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