MS-13 members face possible death sentence in slaying of former gang member: DOJ

MS-13 gangsters in L.A. killed member who was FBI informant, feds say

Members of the MS-13 gang in Los Angeles are accused of killing one of their own — a member who worked as FBI informant, according to charges filed Friday by federal prosecutors.

MS-13 gang members shot and killed informant in South LA grocery store, DOJ says

Officials said the victim called for help twice, and that they heard gunshots during the second phone call.

MS-13 members face possible death sentence in slaying of former gang member: DOJ

Three alleged members of MS-13 have been charged with murdering a former member of the gang while that man, who was cooperating with law enforcement, was on the phone with authorities reporting that he was in danger. The victim, whose name was not released, was working with "law enforcement on a federal racketeering and methamphetamine trafficking case," the U.S. Justice Department said in a news release. He was shot to death at a South Los Ange…

MS-13 gangsters in killed member who was FBI informant, L.A. feds say

Herlyn Barrientos wasn’t happy to run into a fellow member of his gang in the produce section of his local grocery store. A burly man with tattoos inked on his head and face, Barrientos was from MS-13, a group notorious for savage killings. Federal prosecutors alleged the Honduran national, nicknamed “Doctorazo,” supplied methamphetamine to MS-13 members across Los Angeles, who sold the drug and kicked up a cut to the gang’s imprisoned leader. C…