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Central Islip, NY (AP) — A teenage member of the MS-13 gang pleaded guilty on Thursday for seducing a 15-year-old boy to death on Long Island in 2019. rice field.
Lidia DelCarmen-Rodriguez, 19, pleaded guilty to federal court for one charge of assisting and assisting the killing of 15-year-old Jasson Medrano-Molina in Central Eyeslip. I did.
Del Carmen-Rodriguez, 16 years old at the time of Medrano-Molina's death and initially charged as a boy, will be sentenced to sentence in January and will face decades of imprisonment. There is a possibility.
A message was left to ask Del Carmen-Rodriguez's lawyer for comment.
According to the prosecutor, Del Carmen-Rodriguez seduces Medrano-Molina and two others, and she and other MS-13 members are in the remote woodlands of Central Islip. I believed that I was a rival gang member.
According to the prosecutor, the other two MS-13 members were waiting with a .40 caliber pistol and a baseball bat. The prosecution said that Medrano Molina and others invited to the forest tried to escape, but Medrano Molina could not escape and was shot many times.
US lawyer Breon Peace calls this a "sneaky crime" and "the family of this young victim finds comfort in knowing that the person responsible for the crime has been tried. I sincerely hope that I can do it. "
Conspirator Jose Omar Salt Portillo said last year because of his participation in the murder of Medrano Molina. He has been guilty of committing a murder in October and is awaiting a sentence.
MS-13, also known as La Mara Salvatrucha, is recruiting young teens from El Salvador and Honduras, but many gang members were born in the United States. Gangs have been responsible for the killings of dozens of people in a wide area since January 2016. Long island belt.
Gangster influence and violence against Long Island have declined in recent years amid federal crackdowns.
Former President Donald Trump has made several visits to Long Island to meet law enforcement officials and the families of gang victims, with the focus of his administration on eradicating MS-13. ..
