Four MS-13 Gang Members Take Plea Deals for Heinous Crimes
Four MS-13 gang members took plea deals this week, including one who admitted to ordering people killed on a whim, while another three members were arrested in a sting operation targeting transnational gangs in El Paso, Texas.
Arturo “Tadeo” Ramirez Manzano, 27, Mario Ivan Ramirez, 21, and Corina Hernandez, 30, all ex-convicts from El Paso, were charged with felonies, including unlawful possession of a firearm by felon and manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance, after a search and arrest warrant was carried out at an apartment complex in El Paso’s Lower Valley.
Two rifles and nearly one kilogram of cocaine were seized during the operation, which involved the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the U.S. Border Patrol alien smuggling unit, along with Texas Highway Patrol Troopers.
Ramirez Manzano, who was identified in a recent shooting incident and charged with deadly conduct discharge firearm, reportedly admitted to being a member of the Paisa prison gang and serving as a key coordinator in a human smuggling operation led by La Empresa, which operates between Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez and El Paso.
All three are currently behind bars at El Paso County Jail, awaiting trial.