A former high-ranking member of the notorious MS-13 gang pled guilty on Jan. 14 to racketeering and weapons charges in connection with the murders of seven people in separate attacks on Long Island, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.
Jairo Saenz, also known as “Funny,” entered his guilty plea in federal court in Central Islip in a hearing attended by members of his family and some of the victims’ families.
“I did these things and I knew they were wrong,” the 28-year-old said in Spanish through a translator.
Prosecutors say that Saenz, who is originally from El Salvador, was second-in-command of the Brentwood/Central Islip chapter of the Sailors Locos Salvatruchas Westside (Sailors) clique of the Mara Salvatrucha gang, also known as MS-13….