The MS-13 leader of the Centrales Locos Salvatruchas clique, a Jamaica branch of the gang, was convicted by a jury after a three-week federal trial on Wednesday for ordering the
A Queens MS-13 gangbanger has been found guilty of ordering the grisly murder of a 16-year-old boy and overseeing several other violent crimes as a leader in the notorious criminal organization. After a two-week trial in Brooklyn Federal Court, a jury found Melvi Amador-Rios guilty of 17 out of 18 counts including murder in aid of racketeering, which carries a mandatory life sentence. .
It’s not a crime to be in MS-13, the lawyer for one of the bloodthirsty gang’s leaders said at the first day of his racketeering and murder trial in Brooklyn Federal Court. “The crimes are horrible. The crimes all happened,” Melvi Amador-Rios’ attorney, Murray Singer, told jurors during his opening statement Monday. “The defense position is that he didn’t do these things. He wasn’t involved.” .
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