MS-13 Member Sentenced For 7 Brutal Murders In New York, Including 2 Teen Girls
A member of the sadistic gang MS-13 pled guilty on Tuesday to seven brutal murders on Long Island, New York, including the murders of two teenage girls.
Jairo Saenz, 28, also known as “Funny,” was seen smiling in federal court as he pled guilty to racketeering and other charges related to the spate of killings, the New York Post reported.
He faces up to 60 years in prison and will be sentenced on June 13.
Saenz admitted to giving the order in 2016 to kill two high school girls who the gang thought disrespected them on social media.
Kayla Cuevas, 16, and Nisa Mickens, 15, were beaten to death on September 13, 2016. Their murders made national news and alerted the country to the largely El Salvadoran gang’s violent activities.
“I came to this country and worked for two years before joining in 13,” the killer said in a statement read by his attorney. “I knew MS-13 was a gang back in El Salvador. I know that MS-13 had members in Franklin and Central Islip. We agreed to kill a man.”
Saenz admitted to ordering the killings of the teen girls as well as a 15-year-old boy who was hacked to death because they believed he was part of a rival gang. He also admitted to killing a man at a deli wearing an “18” jersey, which the gang interpreted as signifying a rival gang, another man they believed was a Bloods gang member, a man suspected of dealing with the rival 18th Street gang, another man they suspected of rival gang activity, and a man they lured into the woods to smoke weed before killing him with knives and machetes.
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The killer’s brother, Alexi Saenz, known as “Blatsy” and “Plaky,” previously pled guilty in July to eight murders, including the teen girls. However, his plea deal was contingent on his brother taking a plea as well, which did not happen until six months later on Tuesday. He faces up to 70 years in prison at his sentencing later this month.
The brothers ordered various killings that were carried out with guns, machetes, and baseball bats to build their gang’s reputation, prosecutors said.
“Today, Jairo Saenz pleaded guilty to seven murders that can only be described as barbaric, and multiple acts of senseless gang violence that had turned parts of Long Island into a war zone,” Acting US Attorney Carolyn Pokorny said in a statement.
Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly drawn attention to the vicious New York murders, emphasizing the importance of securing the southern border.