Enrique Portillo, a member of the notorious MS-13 gang, pleads guilty to a brutal murder spree and arson, which included four murders, four attempted murders, and setting a car on fire in an ongoing gang conflict.
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A member of the notorious MS-13 gang, Enrique Portillo, known as “Oso” and “Turkey,” pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including four murders, four attempted murders and arson, in a federal court in Central Islip, Long Island on Thursday.
Portillo was a member of the Sailors Locos Salvatruchas Westside clique of MS-13, a violent transnational criminal organization with branches across the United States and Central America.
The guilty plea proceeding was presided over by U.S. District Judge Gary Brown. Portillo faces a life sentence for a racketeering charge and a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years for a firearms charge.
Portillo was involved in a series of violent crimes committed between July 2016 and May 2019. On July 18, 2016, Portillo and other MS-13 members fired at a group of men in Brentwood, New York, believing them to be rival gang members. Portillo used a .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun and a machete in the attack, severely disfiguring one of the men.
On Sept. 12, 2016, Portillo and other MS-13 members set fire to a car parked in a driveway in Brentwood. The arson was part of an ongoing conflict with rival gang members in the area.
The following day, Portillo and other MS-13 members brutally murdered two teenage girls, Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens, in Brentwood. The murders followed a series of disputes between Cuevas and MS-13 members, culminating in a violent altercation at Brentwood High School. Portillo and others attacked the girls with baseball bats and a machete, causing fatal injuries.
On Oct. 13, 2016, Portillo and other MS-13 members murdered Dewann Stacks in Brentwood, believing him to be a rival gang member. Stacks was attacked with a baseball bat…
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