Another MS 13 linked body found after arrest of L.I. gang member
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The arrest of a third MS-13 member wanted for killing a Long Island teen has led investigators to another burial ground linked to the notorious gang, authorities said Wednesday.
A man’s buried body was found late Tuesday after investigators grabbed Josue Figueroa-Velasquez, 18, for playing a role in the killing of 16-year-old Angel Soler.
Soler had been missing for three months before his remains were found in a remote wooded area near the Southern State Parkway in Roosevelt, L.I., on Oct. 19.
Police said the teen had been hacked to death by a group of MS-13 gang members armed with a machete.
His killers brought his body to the woods and poured cement over it in an attempt to obscure any identification, cops said.
Investigators believe he was killed shortly after he disappeared in July.
His mother, Suyapa Soler, always suspected her son was killed in a gang hit, and said she brought Soler to the U.S. to flee gang violence in their native Honduras.
Investigators found his remains in Roosevelt last week after receiving a tip last week from the federal Department of Homeland Security.
After Figueroa-Velasquez’s arrest, Nassau County Police detectives gleaned information that led them to the new Roosevelt gravesite near the East Meadow Brook.
Investigators hiked a mile along a wooded trail and dug up the man’s body believed to have buried under five feet of dirt for some time, authorities said.
Nassau County police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said Wednesday the new remains, despite being linked to an older crime, are “no doubt an MS-13 murder.”
“There’s no concern in the community right now to cause any kind of panic,” Ryder said during a press conference.
Cops charged Figueroa-Velasquez with murder in the second degree. His arraignment was scheduled for Wednesday.
Accomplice David Sosa-Guevara, 26, and Victor Lopez, 29, were arrested after Soler’s body was discovered.
MS-13, which authorities say has thousands of members across the U.S., has become a target of President Trump.
After news of the found body surfaced, Trump congressional ally Peter King (R-L.I.) lauded local authorities for “exposing and keeping pressure on MS-13 murderers.”
The gang is believed to be behind 25 killings on Long Island during the past two years, officials said. With Adam Shrier, News Wire Services
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