17-Year-Old Female Gang Member Allegedly Lured Other Teens Into Woods & Had Them Brutally Murdered
perezhilton.com[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] A young woman nicknamed “Diablita” (which translates roughly to little Devil girl) stands trial for allegedly luring five young men into a savage 2017 ambush that left four of them dead.
According to reports, Leniz Escobar (above), an admitted member of the notorious MS-13 gang, is charged with convincing the victims — Michael Lopez, Justin Llivicura, Jorge Tigre, and Jefferson Villalobos — into meeting up at a wooded area to smoke marijuana in the Long Island area.
After the men arrived, however, they were allegedly ambushed by more than a dozen MS-13 members, who beat and hacked the victims to death with machetes and tree limbs. Related: Will The Girl From Plainville Defend ‘Evil Actions’ Of Teen Who Talked Boyfriend Into Suicide? On Tuesday, Alexander Ruiz — the lone survivor of the strike — testified in court that he managed to escape by running for his life, telling the jury that the MS-13 members covered their faces with sweatshirts and ordered them to get down on the ground.
As for what prompted the fatal attack, prosecutors alleged the motive was retaliatory — after the victims had allegedly “disrespected” the gang on social media.
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