MS13 is one of many reasons we need to better secure our borders and to have a better system in place to vet those coming into our country.
A member of the notorious MS-13 street gang known as “Animal,” who admitted to the 2015 killing of a teenage boy in Massachusetts, was sentenced to 40 years in prison, officials said Tuesday.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts announced that 23-year-old Joel Martinez, who went by the street name of “Animal,” will be subject to deportation once he’s released from federal prison.
Martinez pleaded guilty in December to RICO conspiracy and admitting to stabbing 15-year-old Irvin Javier de Paz Castro to death on Sept. 20, 2015, according to prosecutors.
Joel Martinez, known as “Animal,” admitted to the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old in 2015. (US Attorney’s Office/Operation Mean Streets)
President Trump, who has made the fight against the street gang a notable part of his domestic policy, recently referred to dangerous MS-13 gang members as “animals,” which some media organizations took out of context to make it appear that he was talking about illegal immigrants.
The president was asked last week about the brutal gang by Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims when addressing California sanctuary city laws. Mims specifically said, “There could be an MS-13 gang member I know about, if they don’t reach a certain threshold, I cannot tell ICE about them.”
The president responded, “You wouldn’t believe how bad these people are. These aren’t people, these are animals, and we’re taking them out of the country at a level and at a rate that’s never happened before.”
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said that Martinez was secretly recorded by a cooperating witness where he acknowledged being a member of MS-13 and admitting his role in the killing. The video, posted by the Boston Globe, shows the informant coaxing the confession out of Martinez.
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“I stabbed the culero three times,” the 23-year-old said…