MS-13 gang members, under the direction of co-leader Jairo Saenz, ambushed her and her best friend, 16-year-old Kayla Cuevas, with machetes and a baseball bat as they were walking through a ...

Jairo Saenz, 28, will avoid the death penalty and life in prison after receiving a sweetheart plea deal despite being linked to a wave of violent crimes as the leader of the infamous MS-13 gang.

Long Island MS-13 leader Jairo Saenz has admitted to his role in seven brutal murders but will avoid both the death penalty and life in prison, authorities said.

Jairo Saenz, 28, faces 40 to 60 years in prison when he’s sentenced on June 13. His older brother, Alexi, pleaded guilty in the same cases in July 2024.

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A man who helped lead an MS-13 clique in New York pleaded guilty Tuesday in a federal racketeering case involving seven murders, including the 2016 killings of two ...

Jairo Saenz, 28, entered the plea in federal court in Central Islip in a hearing attended by members of his family and some of the victims’ families.

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A man who helped lead an MS-13 clique in New York pleaded guilty Tuesday in a federal racketeering case involving seven murders, including the 2016 killings of two ...

MS-13 member Jairo Saenz pleaded guilty to seven murders, including the 2016 killings in Brentwood, New York of Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens.