Jairo Saenz, a top leader in the MS-13 street gang, pleaded guilty Tuesday in connection with seven murders on Long Island, including the 2016 killings of teenagers Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens ...

Jairo Saenz, a honcho with the gang’s Sailors Locos Salvatruchas Westside clique, smirked as he pleaded guilty to his role in fatal attacks dating to 2016, including giving the order to kill two ...

Jairo Saenz, 28, entered the plea in federal court in Central Islip in a hearing attended by members of his family and some of the victims’ families. “I did these things and I knew they were wrong,” ...

Three more high-ranking MS-13 gang members pleaded guilty to their roles in killings involving machetes and guns on Long ...

Robert Mickens says no murderers should be granted plea deals, but this one comes as a 'slap in the face' with a suspect who ...

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — MS-13 gang member Jairo Saenz pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing seven people in separate attacks on Long Island. Prosecutors say Saenz, also known as "Funny," and his older ...

Jairo Saenz pleaded guilty to racketeering and weapons charges six months after his brother, Alexi, pleaded guilty to eight murders. "I knew what I was doing and I knew I was wrong," Saenz told ...

Jairo Saenz, 28, faces 40 to 60 years in prison when he’s sentenced on June 13. His older brother, Alexi, pleaded guilty in the same cases in July 2024. The Saenz brothers were the leaders of a ...

A notorious MS-13 gang leader who has admitted to planning, approving or taking part in at least seven murders in a federal racketeering case has avoided the death penalty and life in prison under ...