Prosecutors say a 17-year-old girl who went by the social media monicker 'Diablita' convinced a group of young men to meet in the woods to smoke weed. Instead, MS-13 gang members beat and hacked them to death.
Leniz Escobar is in trial in federal court in connection with her alleged role in the brutal murders of four young men back in 2017. She maintains her innocence, her lawyer said.
Alexander Ruiz — the lone survivor of the attack — continued to be cross-examined inside the federal court in Central Islip. Ruiz, who managed to escape by running for his life, told the jury that members of MS-13 covered their faces with sweatshirts and ordered them to get down on the ground, threatening to kill anyone who moved.
Prosecutors said the motive for the attack was payback because the victims had disrespected the vicious gang on social media and allegedly were members of the rival 18th Street gang. Escobar, an alleged associate of MS-13, was 17 at the time but is being tried as an adult. She pleaded not guilty to charges including murder and racketeering. Get breaking news alerts in the
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