Three of the brigands are fugitives and for whom the State Department has offered up to $ 20,000 in reward for information about their whereabouts. Meanwhile, the rest of the defendants are in police custody in El Salvador, a statement said.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday revealed allegations against 14 heads of the Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13 in Central Islip, New York, that they say they directed the group’s criminal activities and violence to all over the world for about two decades.
According to a press release, the 14 members, who form a group now known as Ranfla Nacional, are accused of conspiring to provide material to support terrorists, conspiring to commit acts of terrorism outside the United States, and conspiring. to fund terrorism and narco-terrorism from El Salvador, Mexico and US territory.
Among the defendants is Borromeo Enrique Henríquez, aka “Hollywood Devil,” who is considered the most powerful member of Ranfla Nacional, the report notes.
Borromeo Henríquez, alias “Devil of Hollywood”. Photo / Archive
Among the 14 are also three members who are still at large, about whom the Justice Department offered a $ 20,000 reward for information that could help locate and arrest them: Fredy Iván Jandres-Parada, alias “Park View Lucky” and “Park View Lacky”; César Humberto López-Larios, alias “El grenyes de Stoners” and “Ós de Stoners”; and Hugo Armando Quinteros-Miners, alias “Flac de Francis”.
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The other 11 defendants are in police custody in El Salvador, but U.S. authorities said they are “exploring” options to extradite them to the country.
In the case of the “Hollywood Devil, in December 2019 he received two sentences in different legal proceedings in the country, the first to 30 years in prison and another for 39 more. In the proceedings, too, other leaders were sentenced for murders, money laundering and terrorist organizations, among others.
However, “the charges announced today (Thursday) are the highest and are the most extensive against the MS-13 and its control structure in U.S. history,” the acting attorney general said. USA, Jeffrey Rosen.
“Working together with our fellow US security forces and colleagues in El Salvador, we have filed charges against top MS-13 officials of operating a transnational criminal organization that uses terror to impose its will to innocent neighborhoods, businesses and civilians throughout the US and Central America, ”he added.
For his part, New York City District Attorney General Seth showered me, recalling that the MS-13 is responsible for “a wave of death and violence that has terrified communities,” specifically that of the Long Island region, in the eastern part of New York State.
“Even imprisoned, Ranfla Nacional continued to lead global MS-13 operations, recruiting new members, including children (…) and orchestrating murders and (creating) chaos around the world,” he added. me.
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The imputation states that approximately in 2002, these 14 members and other ringleaders of the MS-13 began to establish a highly organized and hierarchical order with the aim of implementing their decisions even while in prison.
The FBI released images of suspected fugitives from justice and for whom they offer a reward. from left to right: Fredy Ivan Jandres-Parada, César Humberto López-Larios and Hugo Armando Quinteros-Miners. Photos / fbi.gov
Thus, they directed acts of violence and assassinations in El Salvador, USA and other countries, while establishing military-style training camps for their members and seizing weapons such as rifles, grenades, pistols, rocket launchers and artifacts. improvised explosives.
In addition, Ranfla Nacional established a series of strict rules for members of the MS-13 in order to ensure their loyalty, while exercising their power over the government of El Salvador by committing acts of violence and intimidation on Salvadoran officials, which led the group to order the assassination of some of them and law enforcement officers in the country.
The impeachment comes after 2019, then U.S. Attorney General William Barr created a special division to fight MS-13 following President Donald Trump’s 2017 executive order to fight organized crime and increase the security of the American population.
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