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Police: MS-13 Members Fatally Slashed Teen To Boost Gang ‘Stature’

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Authorities in New York say two members of the infamously brutal MS-13 gang chopped a teenager to pieces because they wanted to boost their “stature,” according to a Fox report published Thursday.

The two suspects reportedly enticed the unidentified victim with seductive promises of sex and marijuana. After successfully luring the 19 year old into a vehicle, they took him to Massapequa Preserve. There, the gang members used machetes and knives to fatally chop and slash the man. Police say such a savage, violent act was a means to prove their worth to fellow gang members.

Carlos Portillo, 22, and Granados-Coreas, 19, have now been charged with second-degree murder and are denied bail. Nassau County Police said Portillo is an illegal immigrant, according to Fox News. They also said that more arrests pursuant to the investigation are possible.

“I mean, 19 year olds hacked up and dropped in our preserves is just something that really should be shocking to residents of this county,” said Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, Fox News reports, an area where MS-13 has perniciously permeated. “It’s shocking to us in law enforcement and we see a lot.”

Police were able to track down the alleged murderers after receiving a tip in July about the killing. When police obtained a search warrant, they arrived at Portillo’s residence to find “weapons, cellphones and paperwork in regard to MS-13,” according to Newsday. (RELATED: ‘Sanctuary For Criminals’: Session Goes After Cities For Helping MS-13)

MS-13, and their extra-bloodthirsty acts of violence, has captured federal attention, specifically of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the White House. In July, Sessions traveled to El Salvador — the country with one of the highest homicide rates in the world and where MS-13 originates — to coordinate an international law enforcement effort against the extremely cruel gang.

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