‘We’re seeing Third World violence in what we are calling a civilized society’: Pastor who rehabilitates former gang members says MS-13 must be stamped out after four are arrested for 10 Vegas murders
Las Vegas Pastor Troy Martinez called gang violence in Las Vegas ‘third-world’
He spoke out about the four MS-13 members arrested in connection to 10 murders committed across Las Vegas over the past year
Jose Diaz Orelana, 22, Luis Reyes-Castillo, 24, David Perez Manchame, 19, and Miguel Torres-Escobar, 20 were arrested and charged with first degree murder
Pastor Martinez said the crimes are ‘third world violence in a civilized society’
Martinez has spent his career working with youth and reforming gang members
By ABIGAIL MILLER
DAILYMAIL.COM
29 March 2018
A pastor says ways to end the crime spree carried out by the prolific MS-13 gang must be found after four members were linked to 10 murders across Las Vegas in the past year.
‘We’re literally seeing the type of Third World violence right here in what we are calling a civilized society,’ Pastor Troy Martinez told Fox 5.
The 52-year-old has spent his career working with and trying to reform gang members, but said the string of murders is indicative of a growing problem.
The four alleged gang members were named in a federal lawsuit as Jose Diaz Orelana, 22, Luis Reyes-Castillo, 24, David Perez Manchame, 19, and Miguel Torres-Escobar, 20.
The men, who each came into the country illegally from El Salvador, now face charges of first degree murder and kidnapping, among others, and if convicted could spend the rest of their lives behind bars.
They are also suspects in nine other murders, according to the federal lawsuit.
‘We cannot wait until there are 10 bodies in the desert, hotel rooms, wherever else they’re dumped,’ Pastor Martinez said, expressing his urge for a call to action.
The federal lawsuit detailed one of the cases, stating suspects saw a member of a rival gang outside a down town club and convinced him to get in their car.
They then allegedly tied him up as they drove him to a location outside the city before repeatedly stabbing and shooting him.
He was then dismembered and his body parts were dumped in a secluded part of the city.
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