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A former leader of a clique of MS-13 on Long Island has been sentenced for his role in multiple shootings that left three rivals wounded.
Ronald Catalan, also known as “Stranger” and “Extrano,” was sentenced to 25 years in prison following his guilty plea to racketeering charges, including predicate acts relating to a June 23, 2009 shooting in Brentwood and an Oct. 21, 2015 shooting in Bay Shore.
Specifically, Catalan, age 30, an MS-13 leader of the Brentwood Locos Salvatrucha group from 2015 until his arrest in July 2017, pleaded guilty in 2018 to racketeering, conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana as predicate racketeering acts, as well as illegally using firearms in connection with crimes of violence.
Long Island MS-13 Kingpin Sentenced to 25 Years
A Long Island La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) transnational gang leader was sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment.
Ronald Catalan, 30, also known as“Stranger” and “Extrano” was allegedly a gang leader of the Brentwood Locos Salvatruchas (BLS).
Catalan pleaded guilty to racketeering charges and conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana and other offenses, including a Brentwood shooting in 2009 and a 2015 Bay Shore shooting which caused three people to be wounded.
He was also found guilty of illegally using guns that were involved in violent crimes.
“Catalan will deservedly spend decades in prison for the violent and brutal acts he committed and directed others to carry out as a leader of the MS-13. His ruthless and retaliatory attacks on his so-called ‘rivals’ to enhance his own status in the MS-13 demonstrate his complete and callous disregard for human life,” Mark J. Lesko, Acting United States Attorney for the