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El Salvador has implemented a security fence around the central Cabanas department in an effort to clamp down on gang activity. Over 7,000 soldiers and 1,000 police officers are involved in the operation, which aims to prevent gang members from leaving the area and disrupting their supply chains. President Nayib Bukele stated that Cabanas has…

An MS-13 member was sentenced to life in federal prison for his role in the murder of a 16-year-old Fairfax County boy believed to be cooperating with law enforcement, then lighting his body on fire and trying to cover up the murder, authorities said.  Cecilia Levine   08/04/2023 2:34 p.m. Jose “Paciente” Henry Hernandez-Garcia, 29, of Annandale, was…

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Hernan Yanes-Rivera, a/k/a “Recio,” age 22, of Adelphi, Maryland, on July 28, 2023, to 22 years in federal prison, and sentenced Agustino Eugenio Rivas Rodriguez, a/k/a “Terrible,” age 26, of Silver Spring, Maryland, to 16 years in federal prison, each followed by three years of supervised release, for their…

GREENBELT, MD — A Silver Spring man was one of two MS-13 gang members sentenced in federal court on Tuesday for their roles in a racketeering conspiracy, including murder, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. La Mara Salvatrucha gang, also known as “MS-13,” is made up of immigrants from El Salvador who operate in…

A Fairfax County, Virginia, man was sentenced to life in federal prison Monday for his involvement in the 2019 murder of a 16-year-old. Jose Henry Hernandez-Garcia, 29, was one of three members of the MS-13 street gang convicted in federal court on charges related to the killing of Jacson Pineda-Chicas, of Falls Church, Virginia. Hernandez-Garcia,…

Two Maryland MS-13 gangsters get 22 and 16 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy, including murder Posted by Gangsters Inc. on August 5, 2023 at 1:52 By Gangsters Inc. Editors Several members of the MS-13 gang operating in Maryland were sentenced this and last week for their participation in a racketeering conspiracy, including murder, related to their activities as…

Racketeering Activities Included a Series of Armed Robberies and Carjackings Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher sentenced Demonte Kellum, age 26, of Baltimore to 19 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity, specifically, his involvement in three armed robberies in 2019, two…

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced Jose Henry Hernandez-Garcia, a/k/a “Paciente,” age 29, of Annandale, Virginia, to life in federal prison for racketeering and murder in aid of racketeering conspiracies, for committing murder in aid of racketeering, and for conspiracy to destroy and conceal evidence connected to his participation in La Mara…

The Defendant is Expected to Be Sentenced to 26 Years in Federal Prison Greenbelt, Maryland – MS-13 member Kevin Alexander Castillo Calderon, a/k/a “Fantasma,” “Ghost,” “Eterno,” and “Josue Argueta Gonzalez,” age 25, of Colesville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a racketeering conspiracy, including a murder.  The sentences were announced by United States Attorney for the…

Racketeering Activities Included a Series of Armed Robberies and Carjackings Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher sentenced Demonte Kellum, age 26, of Baltimore to 19 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity, specifically, his involvement in three armed robberies in 2019, two…