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Four MS-13 Members Convicted for Murders: Crimes were "Brutal"

After a four-week trial, a federal jury has convicted Miguel Alvarado-Linares, Ernesto Escobar, Dimas Alfaro-Granados and Jairo Reyna-Ozuna for committing multiple murders, attempted murders, armed robberies and firearms offenses in Gwinnett and DeKalb Counties. The convictions were announced today by Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Sally Quillian Yates; Brock D. Nicholson, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Atlanta; and Mark F. Giuliano, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Atlanta Field Office. Miguel Alvarado-Linares, aka “Joker,” 24, of Norcross, Ga.; Ernesto Escobar, aka “Pink Panther,” 30, of Norcross; Dimas Alfaro-Granados, aka “Toro,” 30, of Duluth, Ga.; and Jairo Reyna-Ozuna, aka “Flaco,” 28, of Norcross, were convicted late yesterday in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Georgia. “These four MS-13 members committed a host of brutal crimes that devastated countless lives in Northern Georgia,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Raman. “As a result of the tireless work by the prosecutors and investigators who tackled this case, the defendants will be removed from the streets they have terrorized.” [read the full story here]

US Department of Justice, Tuesday, July 16, 2013
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