{"id":2019436,"date":"2023-09-01T14:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T18:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ms-13-member-pleads-guilty-to-involvement-in-2016-slaying-of-2-teens\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T14:33:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T18:33:35","slug":"ms-13-member-pleads-guilty-to-involvement-in-2016-slaying-of-2-teens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ms-13-member-pleads-guilty-to-involvement-in-2016-slaying-of-2-teens\/","title":{"rendered":"MS-13 member admits guilt in 2016 double teen murder."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fms-13-member-pleads-guilty-to-involvement-in-2016-slaying-of-2-teens%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2019436&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Member of \u2062Notorious MS-13 Gang Pleads Guilty\u200c to Four Murders<\/h2>\n<p>A member \u200cof the notorious MS-13 gang \u2062on Aug. 31\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-to-pardon-gen-michael-flynn-per-report\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump to Pardon Gen. Michael Flynn, Per Report\">pleaded guilty<\/a>\u200b for his part \u2064in \u200dfour murders, including the slayings of two teenage girls who were attacked with baseball \u200dbats and machetes while walking home in Brentwood, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Enrique Portillo, 26, \u2063admitted to racketeering and firearms\u2064 charges in connection\u2063 with four murders \u2063in 2016 and \u200b2017, including the killings of teenagers Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens in Brentwood in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The other two murders in \u2062which \u200cMr. Portillo admitted\u2062 involvement were those of Dewann Stacks in Brentwood\u2062 in October 2016 and Esteban Alvarado-Bonilla \u2063in Central Islip in January \u200d2017.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/reputed-ms-13-defendants-laugh-smile-as-slain-teens-family-glares-at-them-2453509\">Reputed MS-13 Defendants Laugh, Smile as Slain Teen&#8217;s\u2063 Family\u200d Glares at Them<\/a> \u2063 &#8211; 2\/28\/2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/ms-13-sex-offender-arrested-in-texas-5461636\">MS-13\u2064 Sex Offender Arrested in\u200d Texas<\/a> \u200d -\u200b 8\/13\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He also pleaded guilty to participating in four attempted murders, \u200dincluding the discharge of\u200b a .<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ms-13-member-pleads-guilty-to-involvement-in-2016-slaying-of-2-teens\/\" title=\"MS-13 member admits guilt in 2016 double teen murder.\">40 \u2064caliber semi-automatic \u2064handgun<\/a> in\u200d connection with one \u2064of the attempted murders, as well as arson.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Portillo faces up to life in prison \u200don the racketeering charge and a 10-year \u2062mandatory minimum sentence on the firearms charge, according to \u200dthe U.S.\u2063 Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Eastern District of New York.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As part of his desire to gain\u2064 status within MS-13, Portillo repeatedly acted \u200cwith complete disregard for human life, killing four individuals\u200d along with multiple \u200bother\u200b attempts,&#8221; FBI\u200b assistant director-in-charge James Smith said\u2063 in a statement.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>A sign offering a\u200b reward for information \u200bregarding the murders of Nisa\u2062 Mickens and\u2064 Kayla Cuevas, near Brentwood\u2062 High School where they attended, in Suffolk County, Long\u2062 Island,\u200d N.Y., on March 29. (Samira Bouaou\/The \u2064Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gang violence had been\u200c a \u2062problem in some\u2063 Long\u2063 Island communities for more \u200cthan a decade, but local police and \u200bthe \u2064FBI began pouring resources into \u2062a crackdown after\u2063 the community outrage sparked by \u200bthe killings of the high\u2064 school girls.<\/p>\n<p>According to court filings, Mr. \u200dPortillo admitted to \u2064chasing \u2064and attacking both victims with baseball bats \u2064and a machete, striking each of \u2063them \u200cnumerous times in their heads \u2063and bodies, resulting in their deaths.<\/p>\n<p>It was stated that MS-13 members had targeted 16-year-old Cuevas after she and several friends got involved in an altercation \u2063with\u200c MS-13 members at Brentwood High School one week before the murders.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Mickens\u2019s\u200b body was discovered later that night and Ms.\u2063 Cuevas\u2019s \u2063body\u2062 was found the next day. They were covered with multiple lacerations and had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manhunt-underway-for-suspect-in-texas-human-smuggling-plane-crash\/\" title=\"Manhunt Underway for Suspect in Texas Human Smuggling Plane Crash\">sustained severe head<\/a> and body blunt force trauma.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am confident that justice\u200b for the victims will be delivered when Portillo is sentenced for \u200dhis savage crimes,&#8221; U.S. Attorney \u200dBreon Peace said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This Office \u200dwill not\u200d rest until all MS-13 gang \u2062members are\u200d held to account for their utter lack of respect for \u200chuman life and the rule of \u2063law,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Portillo\u200d was \u2063among several adults and juveniles\u2062 charged in\u2064 2017 in the \u2064girls\u2019 deaths and the\u2064 first publicly revealed to have been convicted. Two\u200d adults are still awaiting trial. The\u2064 cases\u200d involving the\u2064 juveniles are sealed.<\/p>\n<p>MS-13 got its start as a neighborhood street gang \u2063in L<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enrique Portillo, 26, a member of MS-13 gang, pleaded guilty on Aug. 31 for his involvement in four murders. The victims included two teenage girls who were brutally attacked with baseball bats and machetes while walking home in Brentwood, New York. 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