3 alleged MS-13 gang members in Florida hit with federal murder charges

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced national execution charges against 3 alleged MS-13 pack members oregon associates successful transportation to the brutal execution of a antheral successful Florida.

The 3 are accused of stabbing and shooting Gerson Vilelio Vasquez-Portillo, 22, successful occidental Palm Beach County successful 2015. He was believed to beryllium an affiliate of a rival pack member.

The arrests are portion of cold-case investigations into a full of 4 murders which took spot successful 2014 and 2015 successful and astir Boward County successful South Florida, officials said. One of the victims was stabbed 100 times earlier being changeable successful the head. 

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"These gangs are organized. They are terrorists. And look astatine these guys, they thought they got distant with it for astir a decennary but they did not," Bondi said. "They are surviving among america due to the fact that they deliberation they tin get distant with this, and they cannot."

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced national execution charges against 3 alleged MS-13 pack members oregon associates successful transportation to a 2015 execution case. (EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI/AFP via Getty Images)

Bondi said that 1 of the 3 suspects precocious arrested, Hugo Adiel Bermudez-Martinez, was picked up successful Minnesota. Jose Ezequiel Gamez-Maravilla and Wilber Rosendo Navarro-Escobar were arrested successful Florida.

"We volition beryllium reviewing them to spot if we volition question the decease penalty," Bondi said. "More arrests are coming. If you are a pack subordinate surviving successful this country, I'd self-deport close present due to the fact that we're coming aft you."

The arrests were portion of a multi-agency cognition named Operation Sombra De La Bestia, oregon Operation Shadow of the Beast. Bondi was besides joined by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and the Broward Sheriff’s Office to marque the announcement.

Five different MS-13 pack members were progressive successful the slaying of Vasquez-Portillo.

A committee displaying accusation astir the arrests and prosecutions of MS-13 members astatine a property league astir MS-13 pack enactment astatine the Broward County Sheriff's Office Research, Development and Training Center successful Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 4, 2025. ( Eva Marie UZCATEGUI / AFP)

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The different victims were killed successful the Oakland Park country and included Joel Antonio Canizales-Lara, 18, who was lured to a vacant tract successful November 2014 and stabbed to decease aft helium had falsely claimed to person been a pack member, authorities said. Bondi said helium was stabbed astir 100 times.

He was past buried successful a makeshift sedate with his assemblage beng recovered successful 2021 aft an excavation search.

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced national execution charges against 3 alleged MS-13 pack members oregon associates successful transportation to a 2015 execution case. ( Eva Marie UZCATEGUI / AFP)

Omar DeJesus Gutierrez, 18, was changeable aft helium allegedly flashed rival pack signs. He was not a documented pack member, according to tribunal documents. 

Chrislet Ondina, 25, was stabbed to decease successful October 2015 arsenic portion of a pack initiation for 1 suspect, per the documents. 

Authorities said Friday that sidesplitting idiosyncratic is often portion of the initiation process into the gang.

Tirado-Silva and Cruz-Ortiz were progressive successful 3 of the murders portion Tovar was progressive successful two, authorities said.  

Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony said that justness does not person an expiration date.

Family members of homicide victims perceive to Attorney General Pam Bondi's property league astir MS-13 pack enactment astatine the Broward County Sheriff's Office Research, Development and Training Center successful Fort Lauderdale, Florida, connected April 4, 2025. ( Eva Marie UZCATEGUI / AFP)

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"It doesn't substance erstwhile you committed the crime. It doesn't substance what portion of this satellite you're from. If you travel present successful this assemblage and determine that you're going to instrumentality a life, we're going to unleash each azygous resources to bring you to justice," Tony said. 

The MS-13 pack was founded successful Los Angeles successful the 1980s by Salvadoran immigrants fleeing a civilian war. They person since expanded crossed the U.S. and are known for utmost violence, including murders, extortion, racketeering and cause trafficking.

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