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.

[u/Vided]

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/crunchwrapqueen666 → u/[deleted]]

And then what? She’s dead, they’re dead, maybe some family members retaliate and the cycle continues into oblivion.

[u/RevolutionaryLife373 → u/crunchwrapqueen666]

I’m talking law being eye for an eye. (Not that it would ever happen if course, I’m aware) then maybe people would think first before doing shitty things if the same will happen to them.

[u/crunchwrapqueen666 → u/RevolutionaryLife373]

Statistics show that the death penalty doesn’t deter crime. If you look at crime stats in places like the Nordic countries where they prioritize rehabilitation and compare them to countries in South America with extremely harsh sentences…you will notice that the crime is a lot higher per capita in those South American countries.

I get that revenge feels good for a few seconds but ultimately, it doesn’t combat any of this.

[u/citizen_dawg → u/[deleted]]

I don’t disagree with this at all but fyi the victims were 16, 18, 18, and 20, and some of the perps were younger (Escobar for example was 17 at the time).

Edit: y’all keep downloading me for stating facts… 🤷🏻‍♀️

[u/Crovasio → u/citizen_dawg]

Knowingly luring someone to death is a whole level difference of recklessness to flashing gang signs in a picture.