Another MS-13 member sentenced for racketeering

Published October 4, 2009 4:00am ET



An MS-13 member who provided the gun used to kill a woman in an Adelphi graveyard was sentenced to more than nine years in prison on racketeering charges.

Carlos A. Martinez, 21, is the latest member of La Mara Salvatrucha to be convicted in a sweeping federal case that has charged 51 people under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO.

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