An MS-13 leader from Falls Church has pleaded guilty to participating in a rackeetering organization that tried to kill rival gang members and extorted pimps in Virginia.
Jose A. Vigil, 21, admitted in federal court in Alexandria that he was a leader of the Gangsters Locos Salvatrucha, a division of MS-13.
According to plea documents, Vigil and other members tried to kill two rival gang members outside a youth center in Fairfax County in May 2008. Court records say the MS-13 members attacked their rivals with a pick axe and a machete, and seriously injured two people.
Vigil also admitted that MS-13 members let at least two prostitution organizations operate in Virginia in exchange for payments. Leaders of the prostitution organizations believed they would be killed if they did not pay, according to court records.
Vigil is scheduled to be sentenced May 6 and could face up to 20 years in prison.
