TRANSNATIONAL GANGS
10/16/2019
MS-13 leaders indicted on racketeering, narcotics and firearms charges
NEW YORK — An indictment including high-ranking member of the Governing “Table†of the L.A. Program of MS-13 from New York, California, Virginia, and Tennessee was unsealed Wednesday following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York and the New York City Police Department (NYPD) working in coordination with HSI field offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, DC/Virginia, and Charlotte.
The indictment out of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) charges Amilcar Romero, a/k/a “Soldado,†Jaime Santana, a/k/a “Smiley,†Jose Garcia, a/k/a “Tricky,†and Alexander Rivera, a/k/a “Extrano,†with racketeering conspiracy and narcotics distribution conspiracy. Cristian Guerrero-Melgares, a/k/a “Enigma,†and Gustavo Llevano-Rivera are charged in the narcotics conspiracy count. Several defendants also face firearms charges.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ms...rearms-charges
