MS-13 gang members busted for subway execution and two other murders

Ten members of the notorious MS-13 gang arrested in connection with three murders in Queens - ranging from two execution-style murders on a subway platform and and another that was a case of mistaken identity, feds announced.

“The murders and crimes of violence allegedly committed by these defendants are trademark MS-13 offenses — cold-blooded, senseless and brutally violent — and pose a grave danger to the residents of our communities,” said Brooklyn US Attorney Richard Donoghue

Ramiro Gutierrez, Tito Martinez- Alvarenga and Victor Lopez all alleged MS-13 members reportedly dragged a suspected gang rival identified as Abel Mosso, 20, off a train onto the platform of the 90th Street Station in Jackson Heights on Feb. 3, 2019 before shooting him in broad daylight.

Gutierrez allegedly shouted in Spanish, 

“Nobody get involved, we’re MS-13, we’re going to kill him,” before shooting him five times in the head in broad daylight believing he was a member of the rival 18th Street gang according to the indictment charges.

The cold-blooded murder was captured by a bystander which subsequently made it to Facebook
The three suspects already face murder, gang assault and other charges in Queens Supreme Court for the killing.

In another senseless shooting, an MS-13 gang member Juan Amaya-Ramirez, aka “Cadaver,” and two others allegedly lured a 17-year-old later identified as Andy Peralta to Kissena Park in Flushing on April 23, 2018 because he featured a tattoo of a crown on his chest, which the MS-13 members mistakenly believed was a symbol of the rival Latin Kings gang, prosecutors said.

The trio beat, stabbed and strangled Peralta and slashed the offending tattoo in the middle of a public park.

Amaya-Ramirez used an iPhone to photograph him and his pals posing with Peralta’s mangled corpse as they flashed gang signs, prosecutors said.

The murder of Victor Alvarenga occurred Nov. 4, 2019, on a Queens street. MS-13 members Douglas Melgar-Suriano, Jairo Martinez-Garcia and another associate approached Alvarenga near his home. Melgar-Suriano allegedly repeatedly blasted him in his head and body. As he writhed on the pavement, Martinez-Garcia pumped one more bullet into him, according to court papers.

Alleged MS-13 members Marlon Saracey-Lopez, Ismael Santos-Novoa and Emerson Martinez-Lara are charged with conspiring to murder an MS-13 associate who had failed to kill a rival gang member as ordered. Victor Ramirez is charged with attempting to murder another rival gang member.

The 10 defendants named in four indictments face charges including murder, conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, marijuana distribution and discharging a firearm.

Five of the defendants were arrested Thursday in New York and California, one was arrested Wednesday in Maryland and four others will be transferred to federal custody from detention facilities where they are currently held, officials said.

Eight of the defendants will be arraigned in Brooklyn federal court Thursday, while Saracay-Lopez’s initial appearance will take place in the Central District of California and Martinez-Lara’s in the District of Maryland.

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