Two males the feds say are members of the worldwide legal avenue gang MS-13 have been fingered as culpable within the 2010 homicide of an Allston man beneath a Chelsea bridge.
Adam “Pelon” Rodriguez, 33, and William “Humilde” Pineda Portillo, 30, have been charged in a superseding indictment in federal court docket in Boston. Rodriguez was arrested Wednesday and is being detained forward of a listening to set for Thursday. Pineda Portillo was arrested in May 2022 whereas allegedly crossing the border into Texas and returned to Boston.
MS-13, also called La Mara Salvatrucha, has deep roots in El Salvador however has transnational operations with cliques pushing its attain all through the U.S. and different international locations like Honduras and Guatemala, in line with prosecutors and numerous studies.
Prosecutors say that Rodriquez and different gang members murdered Joaquin Aguilar, of Allston, on Dec. 18, 2010, in Chelsea, in line with the indictment. The native members of the gang are additionally charged with a number of different tried murders within the space.
The allegations took place, in line with the indictment, from audio recordings of a gang assembly in East Boston held in Jan. 26, 2011, when a voice allegedly matching Rodriguez’ acknowledged his participation within the homicide. Rodriguez was allegedly crushed, in line with the audio recording, for some 13 seconds by different gang members for fleeing Massachusetts after the homicide with out their permission.
Pineda Portillo’s alleged involvement comes from the feds’ assertion {that a} automotive belonging to his father was utilized in transporting gang members to and from the homicide scene.
Rodriguez and Pineda Portillo are charged with RICO, or racketeering, conspiracy. The cost carries a sentence of as much as 20 years in jail to be adopted by three years of supervised launch and a effective of as much as $250,000.
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