President Trump’s DOJ Announces Three Illegal Alien MS-13 Members Convicted In Nine-Murder Case

President Trump’s Justice Department just announced federal convictions for three illegal alien MS-13 members tied to nine murders, and the details are as brutal as anything you will read this year.

The verdicts came from a federal jury in Nevada and were announced Monday, June 29, 2026. This was a year-long killing spree, and it is now headed for sentencing.

The defendants are Jose Luis Reynaldo Reyes-Castillo, 30, of El Salvador; David Arturo Perez-Manchame, 27, of Honduras; and Joel Vargas-Escobar, 30, of El Salvador.

All three are illegal aliens. All three are members of MS-13.

🚨Three Illegal Alien MS-13 Members Convicted of Nine Murders, Kidnapping, and Racketeering Charges Following Homeland Security Task Force Effort

“Thanks to the tireless work of our law enforcement partners and prosecutors, these MS-13 members will be held accountable for the… pic.twitter.com/jmiPUqjPre

— U.S. Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) June 30, 2026

According to the Justice Department, the jury convicted the men on conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise involving murders and attempted murder.

The convictions also include murder in aid of racketeering, kidnapping in aid of racketeering, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, and related gun offenses. The verdict reaches the gang structure, the violence, and the weapons tied to the case.

Prosecutors say the three belonged to La Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, a transnational criminal organization. Specifically, they ran with the Parkview clique operating in Las Vegas, one of the clique structures DOJ says MS-13 uses to organize violence.

Vargas-Escobar led the Parkview clique in Las Vegas until his arrest on New Year’s Eve in 2017. Reyes-Castillo then stepped up as the ranking Homeboy, with Perez-Manchame as a member, according to the trial evidence summarized by DOJ.

The Justice Department says these three men collectively committed nine murders over roughly a year across Nevada and California.

The method was savage. Evidence showed many victims were kidnapped by MS-13 members, driven to remote mountain and desert locations, and tortured and killed.

This is who MS-13 is, and this is why the work to dismantle the gang matters.

CASE UPDATE from @FBILasVegas: Three Illegal Alien MS-13 Members Convicted of Nine Murders, Kidnapping, and Racketeering Charges Following Homeland Security Task Force Effort

The defendants were members of La Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, a transnational criminal… pic.twitter.com/RAwtFpY8Kd

— FBI (@FBI) June 30, 2026

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the defendants will be held accountable for horrific violence during a year-long killing spree. He said the department will use every tool available to dismantle MS-13 and other transnational criminal organizations.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah said the Las Vegas Homeland Security Task Force will hunt down violent gang members, dismantle networks, and drive transnational criminal organizations out of communities.

The case came together through that task force, pulling in the DOJ Criminal Division, FBI Las Vegas, HSI Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

Three Illegal Alien MS-13 Members Convicted of Nine Murders, Kidnapping, & Racketeering Charges Following Homeland Security Task Force Effort @DOJCrimDiv @FBILasVegas @HSILasVegas @LVMPD https://t.co/6UqnG3pBwy

— US Attorney Nevada (@USAO_NV) June 30, 2026

FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau has made wiping out violent gangs, including MS-13, a top priority.

Patel said the FBI has arrested more than 2,500 violent gang members and criminal enterprises since last year, a jump of 322 percent.

That is what a serious posture looks like. Find them, charge them, convict them, and remove them from American streets.

Nine families in two states lost loved ones to men who never should have been in this country in the first place. Now the record shows convictions, names, and federal accountability for the killing spree DOJ says they carried out.

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