MS-13 Gang Members Sentenced for Murder, Drug Trafficking

The gang members were convicted of being involved in the murders of 10 people and attempted murders of seven others, among other crimes.

An alleged member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang is presented to the press in San Salvador on July 28, 2016. Marvin Recinos/AFP via Getty Images

An MS-13 gang member who was part of a larger group operating in Nashville, Tennessee, was sentenced Thursday for his involvement in several murders, drug trafficking, and other crimes, U.S. officials announced.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) did not identity which gang member was sentenced, stating only that the gang member was the last to be sentenced in a group of 18 who were subject to a yearslong investigation involving federal, state, and local law enforcement.