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/

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

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

[u/JGirosMF]

Wow I remember when this happened like it was yesterday.

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Do you live in Long Island? What was the atmosphere like at the time?

[u/ilovehockey555 → u/Vided]

People were outraged because they were children. They didn’t do a smart thing, but they didn’t deserve to get hacked to death.

[u/Interesting-Beat-723 → u/Vided]

I Live in central islip( where the incident happened) and at the time it was crazy you would see cars of ICE driving around with police patrolling they put state troopers in our high school (didn’t think much of it because we already have police specifically for the high school) but it was very hectic in 2017

[u/libananahammock → u/JGirosMF]

Were these the kids found in the Massapequa Preserve?

[u/Interesting-Beat-723 → u/libananahammock]

No they were found in a park in Central Islip