Life sentence for gang member who turned northern Virginia into hunting ground wmal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wmal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Even in the violent world of the MS-13 street gang, the killings in northern Virginia in the summer of 2019 stood out. In that year, "the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area became an MS-13 hunting ground," in the words of prosecutors.
A leader in the MS-13 street gang whose orders set off a wave of killings five years ago in northern Virginia has been sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors said
On Tuesday, gang leader Melvin Canales Saldana, whose orders set off the killings, was sentenced to life in prison, as was another gang member convicted of.