Federal authorities and police in Long Island arrested four MS-13 gang members Thursday morning for the murders of three teenagers, a source said.
The gangbangers will be charged with the murders of two high school girls who were murdered in Brentwood in September, and the murder of an 18-year-old gang member whose skeletal remains were found in Brentwood in October, the source said.
The U.S. attorney was expected to discuss the updated indictment Thursday afternoon in Central Islip.
In recent months, more than 30 violent MS-13 gang members in Long Island have been rounded up and arrested, according to a report.
Suffolk County MS-13 crackdown nets 31 gang members
The skeletal remains of Jose Pena-Hernandez, an 18-year-old MS-13 gang member who was reported missing in June, were discovered in a wooded area near the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Brentwood in October, according to Newsday. An autopsy revealed he had been beaten to death.
High school students Nisa Mickens, 15, and Kayla Cuevas, 16, were attacked and killed in a residential area of Brentwood in September, police said. Both had been badly beaten.
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