Three members of the Mara Salvatrucha-13 (MS-13) transnational street gang were charged in the murder of a former MS-13 gang member who was cooperating with law enforcement on a federal racketeering and drug trafficking case, federal prosecutors announced on May 16.
One of the defendants, Roberto Carlos Aguilar, is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles.
Aguilar, 30, of South Los Angeles, was charged in a separate federal complaint with murder in aid of racketeering.
The other two defendants, Dennis Anaya Urias, 26, and Grevil Zelaya Santiago, 25, both of South Los Angeles, were charged on a federal complaint with murder in aid of racketeering, a felony that carries a mandatory sentence of life in federal prison and a possible death sentence….