Two MS-13 gang members from El Salvador, both in the United States illegally, held three teenage girls against their will and killed one of them in what was described as a satanic ritual, authorities in Houston said Friday.
Miguel Alvarez-Flores, 22, and Diego Hernandez-Rivera, 18, have been arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping and murder — both first-degree felonies punishable by up to life in prison. Bond has been set at $300,000 for each, but immigration detainers will keep both behind bars.
The 15-year-old girl’s body was found Feb. 16 with gunshot wounds to the face and chest. Homicide detective Sgt. Chris Sturdivant said that the girl’s identity has not been officially determined but that investigators are confident they know who she is — a girl reported missing in January in nearby Jersey Village, Texas.
The captives were three “young, impressionable women” ranging in age from 14 to 16 who succumbed to the allure of gang life before being taken to an apartment and held there against their will, Sturdivant said. The 14-year-old girl told investigators that they were fed drugs and alcohol and forced to have sex.
The girl said the 15-year-old was killed in a satanic ritual because she had struck the gang’s shrine to a satanic saint, according to investigators. She told investigators that Alvarez-Flores made a peace offering to the figure in the form of a cigarette.
“He returned from the statue and told the entire group that the beast did not want a material offering but wanted a soul,” state District Judge Maria Jackson said during the men’s initial court appearance Wednesday.
The 14-year-old said she later awoke to find the 15-year-old gone, according to investigators. The case comes as President Trump is promoting concerns over criminal immigrants living in the United States illegally.
He has announced that he plans to create an agency, called Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement, or VOICE, to serve victims of crimes committed by such immigrants. It would be part of the Department of Homeland Security.
“The majority of the MS-13 members we come into contact with are here illegally,” Sturdivant said. Attorneys for Alvarez-Flores and Hernandez-Rivera did not immediately return calls Friday night.
Sturdivant said both men admitted their involvement in the abductions and killing after their arrests Monday. An FBI multi-jurisdictional anti-gang task force continues to investigate, and Sturdivant said authorities are seeking other gang members who were possibly involved in the crimes.
MS-13, also called Mara Salvatrucha, is believed to have been founded in Los Angeles in the mid-1980s by immigrants fleeing civil war in El Salvador. It is now a major international criminal enterprise.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-texas-kidnap-killing-20170303-story.html
Think about this the next time you’re at “Wallyworld” and you see these gangbangers with facial tattoos lickin’ their chops as your daughter walks by.
I see enough of these “beaners” because the rich farmers buy single family homes and pack them in like sardines. The stench alone emanating from what the farmer’s refer to as my “Mexican house” is nose hair curling.
So, when these poor, little Pablitos get caught raping and stealing, who’s to blame for their presence? Just to save a fewbucks, import this filth into your town Farmer Dave.
“They’re just takin’ the jobs Americans don’t want.” You mean those underpaid slave wages Farmer Dave’s willing to pay?
I don’t hire anyone.. If I can’t do it myself it doesn’t get done. I had sharecroppers last year and that was a disaster. It seems that no one is willing to work anymore. And I resent the name calling, equating me to a slum lord. I have never had live in employees. When I had employees, (and I never hired Mexicans) they were always paid well, and I never had complaints from them. I am selling my lamb at $10 a pound, but just for you Millard, a special price of $20
OMG, there’s an actual “Farmer Dave” on the site? My mistake, all apologies. Just so you know, none of my comments where directed at you, I was using “Farmer Dave” as an adjective for the average farmer.
Apologies accepted. I didn’t know that you hadn’t read my prior posts. I’ve been posting on this site for 5 years. Not to worry, Cheers Farmer Dave
“…both first-degree felonies punishable by up to life in prison.”
No! We should not house and feed these drippings from Satan’s left testicle. How about just lining them up, shooting them right between the eyes, loading their carcasses on to a plane and dumping them on the capitals of the countries where these pieces of excrement originated from.
Better yet. take them to the Border Wall / Fence then shoot them between the eyes and leave them there as a warning. “The Buzzards have to eat too”
SHOOT EM IN THE LEFT
TESTICLE……………..MULTIPLE TIMES………….
“… arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping and murder — both first-degree felonies punishable by up to life in prison.”
The murder aside, I seem to recall the penalty for kidnapping alone was death.
When the hell did THAT change?