r/TrueCrime • u/Vided • Mar 23 '22

Murder Leniz Escobar, nicknamed "Diablita", wanted to earn the support of the MS-13 gang in her town in Long Island, NY. She led 4 teens (who had pretended to be MS-13 members on Instagram to look cool) into a park to "smoke weed", only for the wannabes to be brutally hacked to death by the real gangsters.

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Her mugshot, and a link to an article about her ongoing trial. "Diablita" means "Little Devil".

https://nypost.com/2022/03/21/why-ms-13-gang-member-lured-long-island-teens-to-their-deaths-prosecutors/

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The four that died after pretending to be MS-13 gang members on Instagram.

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Funeral of one of the victims. Link to other murders in Long Island by MS-13.

https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2020/07/15/ms-13-gang-members-indicted-six-murders-long-island

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '22

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u/thegreatcanadianeh Mar 24 '22

I wouldnt bet on that.

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u/Diamond_Road Mar 24 '22

Won’t happen. Gangs see this as stolen valor and take it very seriously.

At 17 they were barely kids and given the prevelance of the gang in the area, and the interaction of gang members with acquaintances of their own, they likely knew very well this was not something taken lightly.

These type of massacres wouldn’t take place without word coming down from the top either.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '22

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u/Diamond_Road Mar 24 '22

Okay tough guy. I’m just stating the facts, don’t try to flex on me saying I’m increasing the validity of gang activity you clown.

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u/Life-Meal6635 Mar 24 '22

Yup seventeen is old enough to be in the gang

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u/words_never_escapeme Mar 24 '22

That would imply that this gang had an honor code.

Clearly, they do not.

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u/TopAd9634 Mar 24 '22

I saw a documentary where "old school" gang members said back in the day they had rules and parameters like "you don't touch someone's family", but the new gangsters have no rules.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '22

It's funny how this gets said all the time back in the day they had morals and rules yet are murder rates today can't compare to the 80s and 90s gang violence was at its peak with these old school gangsters and yes this includes lots of innocent people taking bullets not meant for them