Illegal alien MS-13 gang members convicted of murder and other 'HORRIFIC' crimes



Three illegal alien members of a vicious gang based in El Salvador have been convicted of a long list of heinous crimes including murder, according to a Justice Department press release.

30-year-old Jose Luis Reynaldo "Molesto" Reyes-Castillo, 27-year-old David Arturo "Herbi" Perez-Manchame, and Joel "Momia" Vargas-Escobar were involved in at least nine murders.

'These defendants carried out a campaign of terror marked by murders, kidnappings, and brutality.'

The three illegal aliens are from Honduras and El Salvador.

They were convicted of charges that include conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise involving murders and attempted murder, murder in aid of racketeering, kidnapping in aid of racketeering, and attempted murder in aid of racketeering, as well as various gun crimes.

The three participated in the murders of rival gang members in Nevada and California and in some cases kidnapped and tortured their victims.

In one case from Dec. 2017, Reyes-Castillo and another gang member kidnapped a victim from Mendota, California, and brutally murdered him with a machete and knives, leaving the victim's remains unrecognizable.

In another from Jan. 2018, Reyes-Castillo and Vargas-Escobar kidnapped a victim and shot and stabbed him to death after driving him into the desert. They believed the victim had defected to a rival gang, the DOJ said.

In Feb. 2018, Reyes-Castillo and Perez-Manchame kidnapped a victim who they believed was a rival gang member based on a tattoo and the clothing he wore. They stabbed him over 200 times, and his body was found decomposing in the mountains about three weeks later.

The three illegal aliens all face life in prison when they are sentenced in November.

"These defendants carried out a campaign of terror marked by murders, kidnappings, and brutality," said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah in the press release.

"Their reign of violence ends today," he added. "The Las Vegas Homeland Security Task Force is unyielding in its mission — we will hunt down violent gang members, dismantle their networks, and drive transnational criminal organizations out of our communities. Southern Nevada will not be a refuge for predators or the terror they attempt to unleash."

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The DOJ released a photo of Reyes-Castillo that showed him posing with two firearms.

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel said that stamping out criminal gangs is a special focus of the FBI and claimed gang arrests were up 322%.

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Violent illegal alien gangsters go on 'premeditated' stabbing spree inside Virginia prison: Report



A group of violent inmates, most of whom are in the U.S. illegally, reportedly went on a stabbing spree inside a Virginia prison, leaving multiple corrections officers injured.

Around 9:45 Friday morning, six inmates at Wallens Ridge State Prison, a super-max facility in Big Stone Gap in the southwestern region of the state, unleashed the attack on three prison guards, the Virginia Department of Corrections said. The agency described the incident as "premeditated."

'Five of the individuals responsible for this senseless attack should never have been in this country in the first place.'

In all, five guards are believed to have been injured in the attack: three stabbing victims and two who sustained minor injuries while attempting to intervene. All were taken to an outside medical facility for treatment, but three of them were released the same day. Two others were admitted into the hospital and listed in stable condition. Whether they remain in the hospital as of Monday is unclear.

All of the suspects have been locked up for violent offenses, including murder and rape. Five of the six are illegal aliens from El Salvador and confirmed members of MS-13, VADOC said. The sixth suspect is also a confirmed gangster and a murderer but is nevertheless a U.S. citizen and a member of a different gang, Sureño 13.

"Five of the individuals responsible for this senseless attack should never have been in this country in the first place," said a statement from VADOC Director Chad Dotson.

"Every single day, our officers put their lives on the line to ensure public safety for the more than 8.8 million people across the Commonwealth. This attack is an example of the dangers they face when they show up to work every day. Our officers are heroes, and I commend the team at Wallens Ridge for their swift response."

Officials declined to provide further details, citing an ongoing investigation. The Department of Homeland Security and the Virginia Attorney General’s Office did not respond to a request for comment from the New York Post.

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‘A saint’: Media turns MS-13 suspect into victim



The MS-13 deportation case in Maryland surrounding illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia has reignited the debate over immigration law — and in the meantime, the media are doing what they do best.

That is, painting the suspected MS-13 gang member as a victim.

Abrego Garcia, 29, was initially deported by the Trump administration, which claimed that he was an MS-13 gang member — and also allegedly violently beat his wife in the past. As President Trump has declared MS-13 a terrorist organization, he’s made it no secret that he plans to deport all members of the gang.

However, the media has been focusing on the positive details in Abrego Garcia’s life, such as being a father.


“As you know, he’s a married father of three,” Pat Gray of “Pat Gray Unleashed” comments sarcastically, noting that the media is portraying him as “a saint.”

“Being a vicious MS-13 gang member, that’s just his night job,” he adds.

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, Albrego Garcia’s wife, even filed a protection order against her husband in 2021. In the filing, Sura alleged that Abrego Garcia repeatedly beat her, saying, “At this point, I am afraid to be close to him. I have multiple photos/videos of how violent he can be and all the bruises he left me.”

When questioned on the protective order by Michael Strahan of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Sura deflected and refused to answer.

But Strahan didn’t press her on it.

“He runs an orphanage for dyslexic, handicapped orphans with ADHD,” Gray jokes. “That’s what I learned from the mainstream media.”

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MS-13's 'Little Devil' licked blood off her lips as gang members hacked and slashed teens to death with machetes, knives, and tree branches: Prosecutors



A 22-year-old woman called "Diablita" — or "Little Devil" — who is accused of luring five teens to a MS-13 massacre reportedly licked the victims' blood off her lips as members brutally murdered the young men.

She is now facing charges of helping lure the teens to their deaths.

What are the details?

Leniz Escobar reportedly lured 20-year-old Michael Lopez and his friends, 16-year-old Justin Llivicura, 18-year-old Jorge Tigre, and 18-year-old Jefferson Villalobos, to a planned massacre in Long Island, New York, in 2017.

Escobar, according to prosecutors, led the four to a local park after telling MS-13 members — one of whom was her boyfriend — that the teens had mocked them.

When the group arrived at the park, Escobar reportedly crouched down low to the ground and smiled as the teens were hacked and slashed to death with machetes, knives, and tree branches. As the blood spurted and sprayed across her face and clothing, Escobar was said to grin and lick the blood from her lips.

Witness Elmer Alexander Arteaga Ruiz — a fifth teen who was lured to the park but who was able to escape — testified that there were at least eight or nine gang members involved in the bloody attack.

"They covered their faces with sweaters," Ruiz recalled during his testimony. "They came and formed a semi-circle. They told us to get down on our knees. They said 'Don't move. Whoever moves, dies.'"

He added, "I ran because the first words they said was that we were going to die, they were going to kill us, and they had weapons. ... I took off running and there were two people who started to follow me. Thank God I managed to escape."

In a December 2019 ruling, U.S. Circuit Judge Joseph Bianco said that Escobar “knowingly lured the unsuspecting victims to a prearranged location in the Central Islip woods where they were murdered with machetes, knives and tree limbs."

The New York Post reported that four other MS-13 members also accused of carrying out the brutal murder are awaiting trial in connection with the case, while two other members have been sentenced to 50 and 55 years in prison.

Escobar's defense attorney, the Daily Mail reported, said that she did not realize that the victims would be killed when she drew them to the park.

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