Three local leaders of the MS-13 street gang have pleaded guilty to their roles in nine killings involving machetes and guns in the New York City suburbs. Federal prosecutors say Kevin Torres pleaded guilty Friday to racketeering charges for his role in the killings that happened from 2016 to 2017.

A high-ranking member of an MS-13 gang clique in New York has pleaded guilty to racketeering and other federal charges in a case involving seven slayings, including the 2016 killings of two high school girls.

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Torres, 29, led the Sailors Locos Salvatruchas Westside clique on Long Island, while Sosa-Guevara, 33, commanded the Hollywood Locos Salvatruchas. Lopez-Morales, 36, served as a high-ranking member. The murders occurred in secluded parks and wooded areas, with bodies concealed in shallow graves that remained undiscovered for months or years.

Three more high-ranking MS-13 gang members pleaded guilty to their roles in killings involving machetes and guns on Long Island, prosecutors say.

This was the environment that created Al Capone. The first celebrity gangster, Capone was happy to be perceived as the head of an organised, nationwide mafia rather than a local gang. Federal prosecutors played into his hands by describing him as “glamorous” and “a bejewelled prince” living under a “halo of mystery and romance”.

The man, who is originally from El Salvador, faces 40 to 60 years in prison as part of the plea deal approved by the judge.

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