The evidence proved that MS-13 sent Victor Ramirez to Maryland from El Salvador as part of a plan to strengthen the MS-13 gang

"The evidence proved that MS-13 sent Victor Ramirez to Maryland from El Salvador as part of a plan to strengthen the MS-13 gang and expand the gang's criminal activity," U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said in the release.Federal judge sentenced a convicted MS-13 gang leader to 60 years in prison on Monday.A jury in the U.S. District Court of Maryland convicted Victor Ramirez, 30, of Hyattsville in November 2008 for conspiracy to conduct and participate in racketeering enterprise activities of MS-13, including three murders, an attempted murder and armed robbery.
Ramirez was involved in the Oct. 9, 2005 shooting deaths of Jose Cerda and Edward Trujillo in the 5600 block of Quintana Street in Riverdale. A third man was wounded in the shooting.On Jan. 12, Eris Marchante-Rivas, 24, of Hyattsville was sentenced to 30 years in prison for charges stemming from the shooting.According to a U.S. Attorney's Office news release, witnesses testified that Ramirez was at a Langley Park meeting where MS-13 gang members discussed shooting a suspected gang rival, and that Ramirez gave his gun to a fellow gang member to shoot Alejandro Rubi-Martinez.Ramirez was also involved in robbing several area brothels, including a Nov. 14 robbery of a brothel on Blueridge Avenue in Wheaton, and was also involved in raping prostitutes.
Ramirez was a leader in the Teclas Locos Salvatruchos clique of MS-13 in El Salvador and he then travelled to Maryland in August 2005 to strengthen MS-13 activities in the state, according to the release.U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow ruled Ramirez will be eligible for five years of supervised release following his 60-year sentence."It's a shame that a young man has to literally spend the rest of his life in jail," Ramirez's defense attorney, Warren Gorman, said.