MS-13 gang members take plea deals for heinous crimes
Four MS-13 gang members entered plea deals this week; One of them admitted he ordered people killed on a whim, but now this plea deal is saving his life. National correspondent C.B. Cotton has the story in “Special Report.”
Three ex-convicts — including the self-proclaimed coordinator of a migrant smuggling operation — were arrested in an operation targeting members of a transnational gang, according to the FBI. Texas Department of Public Safety.
Arturo “Tadeo” Ramirez Manzano, 27, Mario Ivan Ramirez, 21, and Corinna Hernandez, 30, all of El Paso and all convicted felons on federal probation, were all charged with felonies of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and manufacture/delivery of a substance. Censored on Friday by the agency He told KFOX 14.
Two rifles and Nearly a kilogram of cocaine She was seized by Texas DPS agents while executing two search and arrest warrants at an apartment complex in El Paso's Lower Valley, the outlet reported.
From left to right: Arturo Ramirez Manzano, 27, Mario Ivan Ramirez, 21, of El Paso, and Corrina Hernandez, 30, all ex-convicts from El Paso. (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Ramirez has been identified in a recent shooting and has also been charged with felony fatal shooting, according to KFOX.
Pictured are two long guns and cocaine that were seized from the Lower Valley apartment in El Paso on Friday. (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Authorities said Ramirez admitted to being a member of the Paisa prison gang and serving as a key coordinator in one of the gangs. Human smuggling operation Led by La Empresa, which operates between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso in Mexico.
The southern border of the United States near El Paso, Texas. (Fox News Photo/Joshua Cummins)
The three are currently behind bars in the El Paso County Jail awaiting trial, according to KFOX.
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The U.S. Border Patrol Alien Smuggling Unit and Texas Highway Patrol troopers assisted in the DPS investigation. Texas DPS could not be reached immediately.
