Woman Associated with MS-13 is Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison

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Story by Philip Marcelo
Oct. 1, 2024

Woman Associated with MS-13 is Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison

A woman associated with MS-13 was sentenced Tuesday to 50 years in federal prison for her role in luring four young men to be killed by more than a dozen members of the violent transnational gang in the New York City suburbs.

Leniz Escobar was a “critical player” at nearly every step of the April 2017 massacre, “willingly and enthusiastically” helping to plan and execute the horrific killing, in which gang members armed with machetes, knives and