Eight illegal immigrant members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) transnational criminal gang were sentenced to multidecade prison terms for being part of a racketeering conspiracy that involved committing “brutal murders,” including killing victims as young as 14 years old.
“All are El Salvadoran nationals illegally present in the United States. They previously pleaded guilty, admitting to being members of MS-13 and participating in a criminal enterprise responsible for murders, extortion, drug trafficking, robbery, and obstruction of justice in and around the Houston area from 2017 through 2018,” the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in an April 21 statement.
Two MS-13 members, Edgardo Martinez-Rodriguez and Wilman Rivas-Guido, were sentenced on Tuesday, receiving prison terms of 50 and 45 years, respectively. The other six members were previously sentenced to jail time ranging from 35 to 50 years….