Crime

Suspected MS-13 member facing federal murder charge released from New York prison

By Emma Colton
Published September 16, 2020 2:06pm ET
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Suspected MS-13 member facing federal murder charge released from New York prison
A Mara Salvatrucha gang member with his handcuffed hands shows his tattoos on his arms as he waits for the start of the fourth day of the trial against more than four hundred people connected to criminal gang operations, at the Judicial Center Isidro Menendez in San Salvador, El Salvador, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. | (Salvador Melendez/AP)

New York prison officials released a reported MS-13 member despite a federal murder charge and federal authorities wishing to keep him behind bars.

Ever Morales-Lopez, 26, was released on Sept. 3 from the Washington Correctional Facility in Comstock. Nicknamed “White Boy” and “Lenky,” Morales-Lopez received early parole for a 2018 conspiracy conviction, the New York Post reported.

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