Former MS-13 Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Killing 7, Including 2 Teenage Girls

Jairo Saenz, an immigrant from El Salvador, has also been charged with racketeering and weapons violations in connection with the murders on Long Island.

A Military Police soldier stands by graffiti made by the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-19) gang that reads "Girls of the Combo Go Away Or We'll Kill You," in the MS-13-controlled El Bosque neighborhood in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on May 9, 2017. Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images

A former high-ranking member of the notorious MS-13 gang pled guilty on Jan. 14 to racketeering and weapons charges in connection with the murders of seven people in separate attacks on Long Island, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.

Jairo Saenz, also known as “Funny,” entered his guilty plea in federal court in Central Islip in a hearing attended by members of his family and some of the victims’ families.