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MS-13 leader to be sentenced in racketeering case involving 8 murders
LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, JUL 2 – Alexi Saenz pleaded guilty to leading MS-13 killings and other crimes, receiving 68 years in prison for ordering eight murders and related offenses, prosecutors said.
- Alexi Saenz, head of an MS-13 faction in the New York City suburbs, received a 68-year prison sentence on Wednesday after pleading guilty to racketeering charges connected to the killings of eight people in Long Island.
- In July, Saenz admitted to orchestrating multiple killings, as well as engaging in arson, firearms violations, and drug trafficking activities that financed the violent operations of the MS-13 gang in Brentwood and Central Islip.
- The case involved the 2016 murders of two teenage girls, Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens, aged 16 and 15 respectively, who were classmates and lifelong friends brutally killed with a machete and baseball bat.
- Saenz, now 30, apologized sincerely but acknowledged his words would not repair the harm, while prosecutor Paul Scotti dismissed the apology as self-serving and noted Saenz remains entrenched in MS-13.
- The sentencing sends a message to violent gangs like MS-13 that law enforcement across agencies is committed to holding offenders accountable and protecting communities from such crimes.
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The leader of the New York branch of the MS-13 Salvadoran gang Mara Salvatrucha was sentenced to 68 years in prison on Wednesday for ordering the murders of eight people, including two high school girls, the Associated Press reported. The gang operates in the Brentwood and Central Islip areas of central Long Island.
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MS-13 Leader Receives 68-Year Sentence for Long Island Murder Spree
A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Alexi Saenz, the leader of a notorious MS-13 clique, to 68 years in prison for orchestrating a wave of violence that left eight people dead in Long Island. Saenz, 30, also known by the aliases “Blasty” and “Plaky,” led the Sailors Locos Salvatruchas Westside, a chapter of the transnational MS-13 gang operating in Long Island’s Brentwood and Central Islip, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the East…
MS-13 leader sentenced to 68 years in federal case involving 8 Long Island murders
The leader of an MS-13 clique in New York City’s suburbs was sentenced Wednesday to 68 years in prison in a federal racketeering case involving eight Long Island murders, including the 2016 killings of two high school girls that focused the nation’s attention on the violent Central American street gang.
MS-13 leader sentenced to 68 years in case involving 8 Long Island murders
The leader of an MS-13 clique in New York City's suburbs was sentenced Wednesday to 68 years in prison in a federal racketeering case involving eight Long Island murders, including the 2016 killings of two high school girls that focused the nation’s attention on the violent Central American street gang.
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