Posted on 04/11/2007 11:14:31 AM PDT by ckilmer
MS-13 driver gets 48 years
Gang driver gets 48 years for role in woman's slaying in Stafford.
Date published: 4/4/2007
BY KEITH EPPS
The gang member who drove Shannah Marie Angeles to her execution July 18 was sentenced yesterday to 48 years in prison.
Luis Antonio "Crimen" Serrano-Gutierrez, 20, was sentenced on first-degree murder and other charges in Stafford Circuit Court.
Serrano-Gutierrez is the second MS-13 member sentenced in connection with Angeles' death.
Daniel A. "Slow" Bonilla-Delcid, 24, got 15 years last week for his role in the slaying. Bonilla-Delcid gave his approval for the slaying, the evidence showed, but was not at the scene when she was killed.
Angeles, 21, a mother of three who lived just outside Chicago, had come to visit someone in Northern Virginia last year when some MS-13 members asked her to go to a party.
She was brought to Stafford and shot and killed in the woods off Joshua Road. Her body was found several days later.
Three others still face trial, including 31-year-old Jose Santos "Little Blue" Portillo-Chicas. He is charged with capital murder, which could bring the death penalty.
Serrano-Gutierrez yesterday said he was sorry for what happened to Angeles, but he had no choice but to follow orders and drive her and gang members to the scene. He said he joined the gang at age 13 and knew that he and his family would be harmed if he ignored an order.
Serrano-Gutierrez said he is trying to change and has been helping the FBI and others solve crimes that he knows about.
Defense attorney Stacy Garcia said Serrano-Gutierrez deserves some leniency. She called him "a good person who has done some bad things."
Prosecutor Michael Hardiman scoffed at that characterization and urged Judge J. Martin Bass to give Serrano-Gutierrez a life sentence.
"Good people don't kill people for no reason," Hardiman said. "This is a bad person who did a horrible thing."
Serrano-Gutierrez, an illegal alien, will be deported to El Salvador if he finishes serving his time. Keith Epps: 540/374-5404 Email: kepps@freelancestar.com
Immigration status of perps?
Very last line of the article...
“Serrano-Gutierrez, an illegal alien, will be deported to El Salvador if he finishes serving his time.”
With any justice he will die in jail.
"Serrano-Gutierrez, an illegal alien, will be deported to El Salvador
Yes, I was hoping to learn about the other defendants.
The MS-13 is one of the most dangerous gangs in the nation.
http://www.altereddimensions.net/crime/MS13Gang.htm
I emailed the reporter.
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