Edwin Rodriguez a onetime member of the MS-13 gang pleaded guilty Wednesday to his role in the 2017 murders in Central Islip of four suspected rival gang members who supposedly disrespected MS-13 in their social media postings.
After committing the murders, Rodriguez was a fugitive from justice before he was arrested in El Salvador and extradited to the United States in 2022. He pleaded guilty to racketeering and faces a sentence of up to life in prison.
MS-13 Gang Member Pleads Guilty To 2017 Murders
FILE - In this April 13, 2017 file photo, emergency personnel walk near the crime scene where four bodies were found in Central Islip, N.Y. Federal prosecutors have quietly unsealed an indictment saying three members of the MS-13 street gang were among those responsible for the April massacre of four young men found hacked to death in the park, near a soccer field. The victims were identified as a 16-year-old, a 20-year-old and two 18-year-olds, including one visiting from Florida. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
