An MS-13 gang member has pleaded guilty to the 2015 murder of a 15-year-old boy who was tricked into thinking he was going on a date before he was killed at an East Boston beach in Massachusetts, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Carlos Melara, 21, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity — more commonly referred to as a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy — in a federal court in Boston on Friday, March 30, according to a statement from the DOJ office.
