MS 13 Gangsters from Woodbridge and Aspen Hill charged with Violent Racketeering: Necio; Enchilada aka Little Happy; Tigre; Humilde are all now in the slammer

MS 13 Gangsters from Woodbridge and Aspen Hill charged with Violent Racketeering: Necio; Enchilada aka Little Happy; Tigre; Humilde are all now in the slammer

BALTIMORE, MD. One alleged MS-13 Gangsta from “Hoodbridge” in suburban Virginia and three other MS-13 violent gangsters from Montgomery County, Maryland men have been indicted in connection with a conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering and murder in aid of racketeering:

According to the indictment, the defendants allegedly engaged in the murder conspiracy and committed a murder on July 16, 2015, in Montgomery County, Maryland

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  Daniel Flores-Ventura, a/k/a “Necio,” age 24, of Aspen Hill, Maryland;

• Vilas Sail Argueta-Bermudez, a/k/a “Happy,” a/k/a “Little Happy,” a/k/a “Enchilada,” age 31, of Aspen Hill, Maryland;

• Willians Ernesto Lovos-Ayala, a/k/a “Tigre,” age 25, of Woodbridge, Virginia; and

• Michael Campos-Lemus, a/k/a “Humilde,” age 24, of Aspen Hill, Maryland.

The US Attorney said that all of the defendants are in custody.

The indictment was announced by Acting United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Stephen M. Schenning.

According to the indictment, the defendants allegedly engaged in the murder conspiracy and committed a murder on July 16, 2015, in Montgomery County, Maryland. The victim had been reported missing on July 18, 2015, and his body was found on September 29, 2015, in Woodbridge, Virginia.

A grand jury indicted the four men, including one from Woodbridge, in connection to the July 2015 murder of Guillermo Hernandez Leyva, 19:

MS-13 is a national and international gang composed primarily of immigrants or descendants of immigrants from El Salvador.  Branches or “cliques” of MS-13, one of the largest street gangs in the United States, operating throughout Prince George’s County and Montgomery County, Maryland.  The defendants were allegedly members of the Uniones and Molinos Clique of MS-13.  The two-count indictment alleges that

from at least 2015 through September 2017, the defendants were members and associates of MS-13 who planned and committed murders, drug trafficking, and extortions.

Montgomery County is a Sanctuary for illegal aliens which include MS-13 Gangs. 

INDICTMENT

COUNT ONE

(Conspiracy to Commit Murder in Aid of Racketeering)

The Grand Jury for the District of Maryland charges that:

1.               The defendants DANIEL FLORES-VENTURA, VILAS SAIL ARGUETA- BERMUDEZ, WILIANS ERNESTO LOVOS-AYALA, and MICHAEL CAMPOS- LEMUS,

together with persons known and unknown to the grand jury, were members and associates of a criminal organization, that is the MS-13 street gang. MS-13, including its leaders, members, and associates, constituted an enterprise as defined in Title 18, United States Code, Section 1959(b)(2), that is a group of individuals associated in fact that engaged in, and the activities of which affected interstate or foreign commerce. The enterprise constituted an ongoing organization whose members functioned as a continuing unit for a common purpose of achieving the objectives of the enterprise. A primary purpose of the enterprise was to control the community in which it operates through fear and intimidation and to carry out attacks on and to murder rival gang members.

2. The above-described enterprise, MS-13, through its members and associates, engaged in racketeering activity as defined in Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1959(b)(l) and 1961(1), namely, offenses involving narcotics trafficking in violation of Title 21, United States Code Sections 841 and 846, and acts involving murder, in violation of Maryland state
3. In or around May through July 2015, in the State and District of Maryland and elsewhere, for the purpose of gaining entrance to and maintaining and increasing position in MS- 13, an enterprise engaged in racketeering activity,

DANIEL FLORES-VENTURA,

aka “Necio,”

VILAS SAIL ARGUETA-BERMUDEZ,

aka “Happy,” aka “Little Happy,”

aka “Enchilada,”

WILIANS ERNESTO LOVOS-AYALA,

aka “Tigre,” MICHAEL CAMPOS-LEMUS,

aka “Humilde,”

defendants herein, did conspire with one another and with other persons known and unknown to the grand jury to murder G.H.L. in violation of Maryland common law and Md. Code Ann.

COUNT TWO

(Murder in Aid of Racketeering)

The Grand Jury for the District of Maryland further charges that:

1. Paragraphs 1-2 of Count One of this Indictment are realleged and incorporated by reference as though fully set forth
2. On or about July 16, 2015, in the State and District of Maryland and elsewhere, for the purpose of gaining entrance to and maintaining and increasing position in MS-13, an enterprise engaged in racketeering activity,

DANIEL FLORES-VENTURA,

aka “Necio,”

VILAS SAIL ARGUETA-BERMUDEZ,

aka “Happy,” aka “Little Happy,”

aka “Enchilada,”

WILIANS ERNESTO LOVOS-AYALA,

aka “Tigre,” MICHAEL CAMPOS-LEMUS,

aka “Humilde,”

the defendants herein, unlawfully and knowingly murdered, and aided and abetted the murder, of G.H.L., in violation of Maryland common law and Md. Code Ann. Crim. Law §§ 2-201 and 2- 204.18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(l) 18 u.s.c. _{§ 2}