TENNESSEE
A criminal complaint last week charged the local leader of an MS-13 Gang clique with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, federal officials announced Monday.
Sergio Alvarado, aka Sergio Ochoa, 27, of Nashville, Tennessee, was initially arrested on Oct. 31 by Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) officers after fleeing from officers following a shootout at Club Miami.
This incident began around 4:00 a.m. when a MNPD officer heard gunfire coming from the vicinity of the nightclub.
The officer proceeded toward the nightclub and upon arrival, heard a volley of gunshots and saw two cars speeding out of the parking lot. The officer then found one individual in the parking lot suffering from a gunshot wound, according to authorities.
Additional officers arrived on the scene and approached a car believed to be involved in the shooting. As officers approached the car, they saw Alvarado running toward the back of the parking lot and toward several dumpsters.
Officers continued to pursue Alvarado and eventually found him in a wooded area and arrested him.
After tracing the flight path taken by Alvarado, officers recovered a 9mm pistol and a .380 caliber pistol near the dumpsters. Alvarado was later released on bond. On Nov. 5, Alvarado was arrested on the federal firearms charge.
A detention motion filed Friday by the government asserts that Alvarado is the leader of the local MS-13 clique – Thompson Place Locos Salvatrucha.
This gang is a violent, international street gang that operates in middle Tennessee and elsewhere.
The motion also asserts that Alvarado has a substantial criminal history, including the following:
Several drug trafficking and firearm offenses; is currently on supervised release from a 2017 case in which he received a 30-month sentence for drug trafficking and firearm offenses.
He has further violated the terms of his release by associating with a known felon, Michael Mosely, at Dogwood Bar in Nashville, moments before Mosely stabbed two individuals to death on Dec. 21, 2019.
The defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty,