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MS-13 Member Pleads Guilty To Brutal Murder in Maryland
Dismantling the gang was a Trump administration priority Getty Images Kevin Daley • May 6, 2021 4:45 pm
A drug dealer and MS-13 member pleaded guilty in a Maryland federal court on Thursday to charges stemming from the brutal murder of a rival gangster just outside Washington, D.C.
Moises Alexis Reyes-Canales, known to fellow gang members as Sicopita, admitted to his involvement with the 2016 stabbing death of Jose Hernandez-Portillo in a Maryland park, as well as MS-13’s broader criminal enterprise, which has a strong presence in the capital region.
Even as leaders of the Biden Justice Department publicly promise a break with Trump-era policies, Thursday’s plea is a sign some Trump-era objectives will remain in place. In 2017, former attorney general Jeff Sessions directed the elite organized crime unit that investigated Reyes-Canales’s case to make MS-13 a top priority. That directive came after former pre
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