Chelsea MS-13 member sentenced to 7+ years in federal prison on RICO, coke charges
Efrain "Caballo" Yanes Vasquez, 35, was sentenced to seven years, three months in federal prison today for his involvement in a local "clique" of the murderous MS-13 gang, the US Attorney's office in Boston reports.
Yanes Vasquez, who listed residences in Chelsea and Pittsfield, was one of 61 MS-13 members rounded up by federal and local authorities in a series of raids in 2016, initially just under his street name, with his actual name listed as unknown. He was a member of the Chelsea-based Eastside Loco Salvatrucha clique. He pleaded guilty in April, and is the tenth local MS-13 member to be sentenced.
According to the US Attorney's office:
During the investigation, several cooperating witnesses identified Yanes Vasquez as a widely-respected “homeboy,” or full member in MS-13’s ESLS clique. Federal agents recorded an ESLS clique meeting during which Yanes Vasquez urged his fellow clique members to assault a garage owner with a firearm. Yanes Vasquez also participated in “protection details” where, in exchange for cash, he “protected” what he believed to be multi-kilogram cocaine shipments. In fact, agents watched as Yanes Vasquez and other MS-13 members picked up cocaine from an undercover police officer and delivered it to another undercover police officer. When Yanes Vasquez was arrested in Pittsfield, on Sept. 15, 2016, agents seized a loaded .45 caliber handgun, a bag containing 28 loose rounds of .45 caliber ammunition, a box containing 50 packaged rounds of .45 caliber ammunition, and two altered social security cards from his residence.
Yanes Vazquez, a native of El Salvador, faces deportation after he finishes his sentence.
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7 years is not a lot of time
Considering. he's. involved in murderous. mayham.
After 7 years, does a person
After 7 years, does a person age-out of a gang, or do they still fit in?