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WASHINGTON D.C.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Two members of La Mara Salvatrucha \u2014 MS-13 \u2014 were sentenced to life in prison for their roles in at least four murders; most slayings were believed to be gang rivals, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to court documents, Luis Flores-Reyes, aka Maloso, aka Lobo, 41, of Arlington, Virginia, and Jairo Jacome, aka Abuelo, 40, of Langley Park, Maryland, were members of MS-13, an international criminal organization and one of the largest street gangs in the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Flores-Reyes and Jacome participated in at least four murders during the period of the conspiracy, mostly of victims they believed to be gang rival were sentenced to life in prison for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act conspiracy and murder in aid of racketeering.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"MS-13 is organized into sub-units or criminal \u201ccliques\u201d that operate in specific geographic locations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Flores-Reyes was a leader within the powerful Sailors Clique, which held territory in Maryland, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Texas, and El Salvador. Jacome was the highest-ranking member in a local clique called Langley Park Salvatruchas or LPS, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

MS-13 gang cliques, including Flores-Reyes and Jacome, ran a protection scheme in and around Langley Park, extorting local businesses by charging them \u201crent\u201d for operating in MS-13 \u201cterritory.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The gang also trafficked in illegal drugs, including heroin, marijuana, and cocaine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A large share of the proceeds of the gang\u2019s illegal activities went to gang leadership in El Salvador.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"On December 4, 2016, Jacome directed and participated in taking a 14-year-old boy from Langley Park to a wooded area outside Germantown, Maryland, and murdering him by repeated blows with a machete because Jacome suspected that the victim had provided information to the police about the gang.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jacome fled the murder scene in fear of being discovered by police but returned the following day to bury the body.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The victim was a missing person until his skeletal remains were recovered by law enforcement on June 6, 2018.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"In March 2017, a member of the Sailors Clique, who hid from law enforcement and lived in the Lynchburg, Virginia area, had a dispute with a local high school student over marijuana.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In response, Flores-Reyes authorized that a squad of MS-13 members drive to Lynchburg and murder the high school student.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The gang members kidnapped the student from his front lawn and cut his hand off before killing him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After the murder, Flores-Reyes helped to hide and protect the killers from law enforcement.<\/span><\/p>\n

In September 2022, Flores-Reyes, Jacome, and a third MS-13 member, Brayan Contreras-Avalos, were each convicted of racketeering conspiracy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Flores-Reyes and Jacome were also convicted of murder in aid of racketeering and extortion conspiracy, and Flores-Reyes and Contreras-Avalos were convicted of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Contreras-Avalos was sentenced to life in prison on January 13.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI Washington Field Office, HSI Baltimore, DEA New York Field Division, DEA Baltimore District Office, Prince George\u2019s County Police Department, Montgomery County Police Department, Virginia State Police, Lynchburg Police Department, Prince William County Police Department, and Bedford County Sheriff\u2019s Office investigated the case.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trial Attorney Alexander Gottfried of the Criminal Division\u2019s Organized Crime and Gang Section and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Timothy Hagan and Christopher Sarma for the District of Maryland prosecuted the case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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