Gang leader admits to attempted murder, extortion

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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.

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