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MS-13 member sentenced to over 11 years for kidnapping, witness retaliation in Nashville
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Posted on 04/19/2025 7:51:12 AM PDT by TigerClaws

Bayron Wuifredo Santos-Recarte, a 27-year-old Honduran national and member of the notorious MS-13 gang, has been sentenced to 135 months in prison for kidnapping, retaliating against a federal witness, and unlawful possession of a firearm.

Court documents revealed that on November 5, 2023, Santos-Recarte and other MS-13 associates kidnapped a former federal witness at gunpoint from a laundromat parking lot in Nashville. The victim had previously testified against MS-13 members in a federal racketeering trial, where he detailed attempts on his life over a drug A recent federal press release reveals that during the kidnapping, the victim was held in a truck for hours and assaulted with a firearm, hammer, and machete. The attackers questioned him about his testimony and threatened him with death. The victim eventually escaped and was treated for serious injuries, including fractured bones and internal bleeding.

"The defendant, an MS-13 member, kidnapped a former federal witness and tortured him with a machete, hammer, and gun," said Matthew R. Galeotti, Head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. "This violence and obstruction of the American legal system is core MS-13 conduct and exemplifies why MS-13 has been designated a foreign terrorist organization."

Santos-Recarte admitted to law enforcement that he drove the truck used in the kidnapping and was present during the assault. He was found in possession of an assault rifle at the time of his arrest.

In December 2024, he pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including kidnapping and conspiracy. Following his prison sentence, Santos-Recarte will be deported from the United States.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 200311; abduction; bwsr; dto; gangs; hammer; honduran; honduras; kidnapping; laundromat; machete; ms13; nashville; santosrecarte; tennessee; terrorism; torture; witness
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Another Democrat hero.
1 posted on 04/19/2025 7:51:12 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

Send VanHollen for a margarita summit.


2 posted on 04/19/2025 7:54:48 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
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To: TigerClaws

Just shoot him in the head and be done with it.

Bill Honduras for the cost of the trial, his incarceration, and the bullet.

L


3 posted on 04/19/2025 7:55:19 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: TigerClaws

That sentence isn’t long enough


4 posted on 04/19/2025 7:55:45 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: TigerClaws

Can he still receive conjugal visits from Van Hollen?


5 posted on 04/19/2025 7:58:16 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: TigerClaws

Send him to Cecot, so the Democrats can go visit him too. That will also save us from having to deport him.


6 posted on 04/19/2025 8:00:07 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: TigerClaws

Van Hollen is going to have to drag another one to safety by the Johnson. The gringos are mean to their guests and slave laborers.


7 posted on 04/19/2025 8:05:49 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Universities in this country are nothing but Houses of Prostitution for the wealthy.)
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To: TigerClaws
Chief Jello john roberts has the ms 13's back.
  robo
8 posted on 04/19/2025 8:08:44 AM PDT by chief lee runamok ( Le Flâneur @Large)
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To: TigerClaws

I am sure Bayron is just misunderstood and is being oppressed by the oligarchy.


9 posted on 04/19/2025 8:09:35 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: TigerClaws

EL SALVADOR HAD THE RIGHT IDEA IN BUILDING THAT PRISON


10 posted on 04/19/2025 8:12:07 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: TigerClaws

Why aren’t they turning this sewage over to Van Hollen? He collects this crap.


11 posted on 04/19/2025 8:15:59 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Universities in this country are nothing but Houses of Prostitution for the wealthy.)
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To: MtnClimber

He was an aspiring salsa musician just about to turn his life around…


12 posted on 04/19/2025 8:18:08 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: TigerClaws

Find a tall tree
and 'decorate' it...



13 posted on 04/19/2025 8:22:49 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: TigerClaws

Only 11 years? His actions attack the very fabric of our republic. Minimum 20.


14 posted on 04/19/2025 8:23:45 AM PDT by Salvavida (NS)
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To: TigerClaws

Too little time for the heinous crime he committed.

Execute him.


15 posted on 04/19/2025 8:25:40 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: ridesthemiles

Preach it.

Sadly, it seems that some people are past redemption.


16 posted on 04/19/2025 8:26:42 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: TigerClaws

How many Democrat “lawmakers” are going to visit him in prison and demand his release?


17 posted on 04/19/2025 8:28:14 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: TigerClaws

Send him to a prison in a ruthless country to serve time. Sweeten the deal with a per diem in the other country. that will send a message. Kind of like contractual prison, which is a big thing.


18 posted on 04/19/2025 8:31:18 AM PDT by healy61
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To: TigerClaws

Show us his KNUCKLES !


19 posted on 04/19/2025 8:43:23 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience..)
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To: HYPOCRACY

Send the killer to Maryland and turn him loose in Hollen’s neighborhood.....


20 posted on 04/19/2025 10:00:24 AM PDT by chopperk (airhiger)
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