An Alexandria member of the MS-13 gang has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for trafficking runaway girls as prostitutes.
Alexander Rivas, 19, was sentenced in federal court in Alexandria. According to prosecutors, he recruited girls who had runaway from home and transported them to work as prostitutes in Virginia, Maryland and the District.
Court records say he carried a machete while driving the girls to prostitution appointments, and threatened and robbed clients who didn’t pay for services.
He built his business from men who came to his apartment to buy beer from his brothers, according to court documents, and would have about 100 clients lined up for his prostitution service on a typical Friday or Saturday night.
