"Not in the face okay? Huh? Keep my eyes?"
Posted on 05/16/2025 4:19:44 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Herlyn Barrientos wasn’t happy to run into a fellow member of his gang in the produce section of his local grocery store.
A burly man with tattoos inked on his head and face, Barrientos was from MS-13, a group notorious for savage killings. Federal prosecutors alleged the Honduran national, nicknamed “Doctorazo,” supplied methamphetamine to MS-13 members across Los Angeles, who sold the drug and kicked up a cut to the gang’s imprisoned leader.
Charged with drug trafficking in 2023, Barrientos decided to turn on his gang and cooperate with the FBI. A judge signed off on his release from jail, and Barrientos, 47, returned to South Los Angeles.
Federal prosecutors on Friday announced three reputed MS-13 members are charged with killing Barrientos on the orders of gang leaders.
Barrientos’ deal was supposed to remain secret, but the FBI now says Barrientos’ status as an informant was “widely” known, calling into question why he was still living in his old neighborhood when he was killed on Feb. 18.
An FBI spokeswoman declined to comment.
Just before his death, Barrientos called an FBI agent to report seeing a man with a gun, the handler wrote in an affidavit. The agent said he was on the phone with Barrientos as he was shot to death.
“It’s a terrible thing what happened to him,” said Michael Crain, an attorney who represented Barrientos in his drug trafficking case. Crain declined to comment further.
The affidavit said evidence made clear Barrientos was killed because he was cooperating.
After his death, another informant working for the FBI called the leader of Barrientos’ MS-13 clique, who said people higher up in the gang had given him instructions: “They told me I had to clean out my garbage, you understand?”
“That work you cannot say no to,” he said, according to the affidavit...
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The government made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Be our CI or we’ll let MS-13 think you are.
He had no choice. MS-13 still found out.
And in other news the Pope says that marriage, between one man and one woman is foundational to society. Water is also wet.
Anyone in LA trusting the FBI needs to watch more Christmas movies.
Barrientos’ deal was supposed to remain secret, but the FBI now says Barrientos’ status as an informant was “widely” known, calling into question why he was still living in his old neighborhood when he was killed on Feb. 18.
There must be more background to this story.
They 86’d him.
Umpossible. Jerry “I Nadlered my pants” Nadler said MS13 doesn’t exist.
Supreme Court gives a thumbs up...
Dang, this is leave the gun take the canoli type of stuff. Or was it take the canoli leave the gun.
Or maybe Tony Montana......”you tell your friends in Miami, it’ll be a pleasure. I kill communists for fun....but for a greencard....I’m gonna carve him up real nice.....”
You know.....that sort of thing. Big hit on the streets of L.A.
turn all of them into snitches, then let ‘em go.
LUCKY snitches get stitches...
...the rest dirt nap in ditches.
FBI Piece of Schiff James Comey claims he doesn’t know that ‘86’ means 187.
YOU F’KN LIAR !
Why did you post/send it, tee hee ?
Treasonous bastard should be hanged.
This shows that the gang is paying off the FBI agents just like the mafia was doing in the Boston FBI office with Comey and Mueller.
Right...THEN he cleaned up his social media. Why...because he’s innocent???
Wonder if a gang leader is an informant and made notice of it take a detour on someone else?.
The higher in rank the better the and bigger the offers.
It’s the things that books and movies are made about.
yep, but
more publicity for his Schiff ty book ..
Thanks wise one for that gangsta,
AH jerk ..
Yep. And since he was a worthless POS criminal, there wasn't any need to protect him once the word got out. There's plenty of other chumps who will find themselves on the receiving end of similar deals.
Life is cheap when you're an FBI informant.
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