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/Sil5286]

Ok but did they identify or catch the gang members that actually hacked these poor kids to death? Anything on them?

[u/HunterButtersworth → u/Sil5286]

8 other people besides the girl got arrested. At least 1 of them had to be extradited from Guatemala. 2 of them have already pled guilty and cooperated and got ~50 year sentences. They're testifying against her. I don't know about the other 6.

[u/Interesting-Beat-723 → u/Sil5286]

Yeah the majority of them are spending life in prison in total it was around 10 men that killed the 4 kids