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A federal jury convicted five on Friday MS-13 gang member For his role in the kidnapping and brutal murder of two Virginia teenage boys whom he “accidentally” suspected to be a rival gang member and police informer.
Elmer Zelaya Martinez, 31; Ronald Herrera-Contreras, 24; Henry Zelaya Martinez, 28; Pablo Velasco Barrera, 24; and 25-year-old Duglas Ramírez Ferreira of El Salvador conspired kidnapping and murder According to court records, a 17-year-old boy from Falls Church, whom he wrongly suspected of being in a rival gang, and a 14-year-old boy from Alexandria, whom he wrongly suspected of being a police informer in August 2016.
Gang members lured the two boys to Holmes Run Stream Valley Park on August 28 of that year on the pretext that they would attend a gang meeting in the woods.
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They attacked the 17-year-old by stabbing him multiple times and “cutting” his body more than 100 times with “knife, ax and an ax” and stuffing his body into a previously dug hole – breaking one of the boy’s Legs are in the process of fitting his remains inside, according to the Justice Department.
The gang members also stopped, attacked and killed the 14-year-old boy by stabbing him with the same weapon. Once the 14-year-old was dead, they broke both of her legs and tied her to her pajamas so that she would fit into the hole she dug earlier – which she filmed and gang leaders in both the US and El Salvador. Sent. To prove your rank, the DOJ said.
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The boys were reported missing until their remains were found in March 2017 and were identified in December 2017.
A total of 17 defendants have been charged in this nearly six-year-old case.
According to the DOJ, MS-13 is an international gang composed mostly of individuals of Salvadoran or other Central American descent.
(Yuri Cortez/AFP)
All five defendants were found guilty on Friday Virginia Federal Court was charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping and murder with the aid of racketeering activity; kidnapping plot; murder in aid of racketeering activity; Kidnapping which resulted in death. All of them also face compulsory life imprisonment.
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According to the DOJ, MS-13 is an international gang composed mostly of individuals of Salvadoran or other Central American descent.
The department noted in a 2021 press release that the gang has more than 10,000 members that conduct routine activities in at least 10 states and Washington, D.C. “conducts thousands more gang activities in Central America and Mexico.” ,