WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
GALVESTON, Texas - Eight illegal aliens and members of the violent transnational criminal organization Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, have been sentenced for participating in a racketeering conspiracy that included witness tampering and multiple murders of individuals as young as 14.
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey V. Brown has now imposed a 50-year term of imprisonment for Edgardo Martinez-Rodriguez aka Largo, 35, while Wilman Rivas-Guido aka Inquieto, 30, received 45 years. At the hearing, the court heard how Martinez-Rodriguez was a high-ranking leader in the conspiracy and initiated n...