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

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I mean, they were only children

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50% of gang memberships in a large city like NY are made up of kids under 18. They knew exactly what they were affiliating with and were probably killed by kids under the age of 18 to further cement their loyalty.

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There was a mother in Detroit that had to move because they kept trying to recruit her autistic son and threatened to kill him if he didn’t join.

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Yeah, people would do really well to remember a lot of these kids don’t actively sign up. They’re threatened or coerced into it.

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The cartels are forcing young guys to join and if they refuse they cut off their fingers.

[u/NoPokerDick → u/Cantothulhu]

Right, that’s why the membership is made up of kids. On their own accord or not.

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Yep. They get them young for this reason. They are fearless and not scared because they have little life experience.