Elmer De Jesus Alas Candray was promoted for his work killing suspected rivals and rebels within the Salvadoran group.

MS-13, also known as "Mara Salvatrucha," is believed to have been founded as a neighborhood street gang in Los Angeles in the mid-1980s by people fleeing civil war and violence in El Salvador.

Prosecutors say many of their victims were suspected members of rival gangs who were hacked to death with machetes and other weapons in secluded parks and wooded areas Three high-ranking members ...

Three high-ranking members of the MS-13 street gang, all from Nassau County, pleaded guilty this week to their roles in nine murders across Long Island between 2016 and 2017, federal prosecutors said.

NEW YORK-- Three high-ranking MS-13 gang members pleaded guilty to their roles in nine killings involving machetes and guns in the New York City suburbs, federal prosecutors said. It comes days ...

This was no laughing matter. A high-ranking member of the vicious migrant gang MS-13 nicknamed “Funny” couldn’t stop smiling in federal court Tuesday — even as he was slammed with a 60 ...

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — MS-13 gang member Jairo Saenz pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing seven people in separate attacks on Long Island. Prosecutors say Saenz, also known as "Funny," and his older ...

"I came to the U.S., and worked for two years. Then, I went to the streets, and joined the MS-13 gang." Saenz said he acted as the driver to many of the shootings. He faces 40 to 60 years behind ...

Washington (7News) — An MS-13 gang member was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. Elmer Lopez-Cortez, 26, of Silver Spring ...