Young, member of Latin American gang MS-13, found guilty yesterday Monday by a jury of her federal court New York in the trial for her role in quadruple murder – had dragged the victims, members of an opposing gang, into a deadly ambush.
THE Lenis Escobarknown by the nickname “La Diablita”, 17 years old when the massacre took place, she was also found guilty for blackmailing and obstructing justice. She is in danger of being sentenced to life imprisonment. Her sentence will be handed down later by the federal court of Central Islip, in Long Island, a district of New York where a large community of Salvadorians lives.
The case reveals, at least in the eyes of the US authorities, how violent the Mara Salvatrucha gang (“Salvadorian gang”, or MS-13), which was formed in Los Angeles in the 1980s by immigrants, before its action exported to Central America and other parts of the USA.
On April 11, 2017 – exactly five years before the verdict was announced – Lenis Escobar, acting with an accomplice, dragged five young men, believed to be members of a rival gang, to a park in Islip, where more than ten members were waiting for them. of MS-13, armed with machetes, knives and other weapons. One of the victims was able to escape. The other four died a horrible death.
According to prosecutor Brion Pease, Lenice Escobar “showed utter contempt for human life, leading the victims to the battlefield, to their slaughter, to strengthen her position among the other cold-blooded killers in the ranks of the MS-13 gang.”
“One of the victims had been dismembered to such an extent that he could only be identified by his dentures,” he added.
In recent years, US authorities have dealt with very violent gangs, such as the MS-13. Since 2010, the prosecutor’s office has prosecuted members of the gang, which distributes to local organizations, for “more than 60 murders in the eastern suburbs of New York,” he reminded yesterday.
During his tenure, former Republican President Donald Trump had turned the MS-13 into an argument for his tough approach to illegal immigration, one of the reasons he called for a wall to be erected on the border with Mexico. In particular, he visited Brentwood in July 2017, a town near Central Islip, where the MS-13 was charged with 17 counts of murder in one year.
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