Washington, DC -- Three members of the street gang MS-13 were convicted yesterday in federal court on racketeering charges related to a host of local murders, assaults and other offenses.
A U.S. District Court jury convicted Jose Cruz "Piranha" Diaz, 28, of Lanham; Omar "Duke" Vasquez, 28; and Henry "Homeboy" Zelaya, 20, of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise.
According to prosecutors, the three men were MS-13 leaders. Zelaya and Diaz both headed smaller units of MS-13, called cliques, in the District and Maryland, while Vasquez reportedly was sent from El Salvador to oversee all the cliques in the area.
Posted by tyne at April 28, 2007