Four of the 5 reported MS-13 gang members who were arrested for murdering a man in Maryland came to the United States as unaccompanied minors and have no legal status in the country.
Five men were arrested and charged with murder last week following the fatal May shooting of 29-year-old Francisco Anton Medrano-Campos in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Carlos Andres Orellana-Orellana, a citizen of El Salvador; Oscar Effrain Zavala-Urrea, a citizen of Honduras; Romeo Almengor Oxlaj-Lopez, a citizen of Guatemala; and Victor Alfonso Cruz-Orellana, a citizen of El Salvador are all in the country illegally, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Daniel E. Huezo-Landaverde was also arrested and charged.
UPDATE: Court documents outline a revenge-style killing that was orchestrated and executed by MS-13 in Wheaton, Maryland.
According to ICE, four of the five murder suspects entered the country as unaccompanied minors, and have no legal status in the U.S.https://t.co/TEdgOu2Q1S
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All of the suspects are in their late teens or early 20s. ICE said it has placed detainers on four of the men to ensure they are turned over to the agency if Montgomery County releases them.
Authorities believe the shooting was the result of a revenge-style murder orchestrated by Orellana-Orellana, who is a former roommate of the victim. Orellana-Orellana was reportedly unable to pay rent earlier this year and allegedly stole Medrano-Campos’s PlayStation and Xbox when he moved out of the apartment. He then returned to the apartment in April and stole $3,000 in cash.
Law enforcement said Medrano-Campos confronted Orellana-Orellana about the theft and beat him with a lead pipe.
“Orellana-Orellana admitted to being in a physical altercation with Medrano-Campos around the end of April 2020,” detectives said in court documents. “He stated that as far as he knew, the fight was over a girl … but after the fight, he was not mad at Medrano-Campos.”
All of the men are in the custody of Montgomery County and have no-bond statuses.
