{"id":135234,"date":"2021-08-11T17:49:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T17:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=135234"},"modified":"2021-08-11T17:49:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T17:49:10","slug":"ms-13-gang-member-gets-20-years-to-life-in-prison-for-new-york-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/ms-13-gang-member-gets-20-years-to-life-in-prison-for-new-york-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"MS-13 gang member gets 20 years to life in prison for New York murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>MS-13 gang member is jailed for life for hacking to death 19-year-old man in New York park after luring him there with the promise of sex and drugs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MS-13 gang member Antonio Cullal was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years to life in prison for his role in the January 2017 murder of\u00a0Julio C\u00e9sar Espantzay-Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cullal and other gang members lured the 19-year-old to a park in Massapequa, New York, on January 28, 2017 with the promised of sex and drugs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Once Espantzay-Gonz\u00e1lez was in the Massapequa Park Reserve, the gang took turns hacking him with machetes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The attack was ordered by two high-ranking members because they saw\u00a0Espantzay-Gonz\u00e1lez as a rival<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>According to Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith, cases are still pending against four other gang members\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An MS-13 gang member was sentenced to life in prison for hacking to death 19-year-old man to death in a New York park.<\/p>\n<p>Antonio Cullal, 26, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and second degree conspiracy before Judge Helene Gugerty of the Nassau County Court on June 15. He was sentenced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith, Cullal and three other MS-13 gang members lured Julio C\u00e9sar Espantzay-Gonz\u00e1lez to the Massapequa Park Reserve in Massapequa on January 28, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said that Espantzay-Gonz\u00e1lez was invited to the park under the promise of sex and marijuana before the gang killed him.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/08\/11\/16\/46561075-9883795-image-a-1_1628696559507.jpg\" height=\"475\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p> Antonio Cullal was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years to life in prison for his role in the January 2017 murder of Julio C\u00e9sar Espantzay-Gonz\u00e1lez. He and other\u00a0MS-13 gang members lured the 19-year-old to a park in Massapequa, New York, where they hacked him with machetes<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/08\/11\/16\/46561073-9883795-image-m-4_1628696596636.jpg\" height=\"949\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>High-ranking members of the MS-13 ordered the January 28, 2017 murder of\u00a0Julio C\u00e9sar Espantzay-Gonz\u00e1lez because they viewed him as the gang&#8217;s enemy, according to Acting Nassau County District Attorney Joyce Smith<\/p>\n<p>Cullal, Kevin Granados-Coreas, Ra\u00fal Ponce and Gerson Stanley each took turns hacking Espantzay-Gonz\u00e1lez to death.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Nassau County Police Lieutenant Stephen Fitzpatrick said that Granados-Coreas had &#8216;befriended the victim in late 2016 around the holidays.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The killing was carried out under the orders of high-ranking members, Carlos Portillo and Roberto Abrego-Reyes, because they considered Espantzay-Gonz\u00e1lez an enemy of the MS-13.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/08\/11\/16\/46561077-9883795-Nassau_County-a-6_1628696772597.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nassau County Police Department sketch\u00a0 of Julio C\u00e9sar Espantzay-Gonz\u00e1lez, who was killed by members of the MS-13 after he was lured to a park with the promise of sex and marijuana\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A missing persons report for Espantzay-Gonz\u00e1lez was filed January 31, 2017. An individual walking their dog discovered his body in the woods March 23.<\/p>\n<p>His body was found under a pile of tree branches, leaves and brush.<\/p>\n<p>Cullal fled New York and was arrested in Maryland on October 4, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Antonio Cullal and other MS-13 gang members followed the orders they were given by the gang hierarchy and killed Julio C\u00e9sar Espantzay-Gonz\u00e1lez simply because they gang believed he was their &#8216;enemy,&#8217; Smith said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They lured the unassuming 19-year-old to the Massapequa Park Reserve, viciously hacked him to death with a machete, and abandoned his body in the brush.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Nassau County District Attorney said that the cases against Granados-Coreas, Ponce, Portillo and Abrego-Reyes are still pending.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9883795\/MS-13-gang-member-sentenced-20-years-life-prison-murder-man-lured-park.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MS-13 gang member is jailed for life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":135233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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