A federal grand jury in Virginia returned a superseding indictment yesterday charging 12 members and associates of La Mara Salvatrucha, aka MS-13, with a variety of offenses based on their alleged involvement in a series of murders, racketeering and drug trafficking crimes.
Those charged in the indictment are:
Name |
Age |
Gang Moniker(s) / Nickname(s) |
From |
Marvin Menjivar Gutiérrez |
29 |
Astuto |
New York |
Melvin Canales Saldana |
29 |
Demente |
New York |
Mario Antonio Guevara Rivera |
26 |
Blue, Azul, Telele |
Woodbridge |
Cristian Ariel Arevalo Arias |
26 |
Serio |
Woodbridge |
Carlos Jose Turcios Villatoro |
23 |
Oculto |
Woodbridge |
Abner Jose Molina Rodriguez |
24 |
Rino, Tecolote |
Woodbridge |
Manilester Andrade Rivas |
32 |
Mani, Tandori, Conejo, Coqueto |
Woodbridge |
Jairo Gustavo Aguilera Sagastizado |
26 |
Coy, Maruchan, Psicólogo |
New York |
Walter Jeovanny Rubio Lemus |
27 |
Caskillo |
Woodbridge |
Juan Carlos Hernández Landaverde |
23 |
Chele |
Annandale |
Karen Estefany Figueroa Alfaro |
29 |
N/A |
Woodbridge |
Juan Manuel Vasquez Reyes |
40 |
Güero |
Manassas |
According to the indictment, the defendants were members/associates of the Sitios Locos Salvatrucha clique (STLS) of MS-13.The indictment alleges that since at least in and around 2017, MS-13 members and associates regularly travelled to and from Long Island, New York, for the purpose of obtaining cocaine and transporting it to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, where they and other gang members would sell it primarily, in restaurants and night clubs.
The indictment also charges eight of the defendants with several offenses stemming from their alleged involvement in four murders that occurred in Eastern Prince William County between June 22, 2019, and Sept. 24, 2019. Specifically, the indictment charges:
- Guevara, Arevalo and Turcios with the June 2019 double-murder of M.B.L. and J.G.M., and Vasquez with helping them after they committed the murders;
- Canales and Andrade with the August 2019 murder of E.L.T.; and
- Guevara, Molina and Aguilera with the September 2019 murder of A.K.S.