A 31-year-old member of the MS-13 gang from El Salvador has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for his roles in two murders, an attempted murder and an apartment shooting in Colorado
He also was convicted of murdering Carlos Ramirez-Rivera on Nov. 2, 2019, in Glendale, where police dispatched around 3 a.m. to a traffic crash found Ramirez-Rivera slumped dead on a seat with multiple bullet wounds in his chest and arms, officials said. Police investigators found he was targeted for his perceived involvement in a rival gang and followed after leaving a bar.
The trial also led to the conviction of Alvarado-Vasquez for conspiring with co-defendants on Facebook and a social messaging app in the attempted murder of Alexander Portillo, another perceived rival gang member. Investigators determined MS-13 members had been trying to figure out Portillo’s work schedule, employer and type of car he drove so that they could ambush and kill him, judicial district officials said in the news release. And Alvarado-Vasquez was linked to a shooting on Nov.
Prosecutors in Colorado’s 18th Judicial District, which covers Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties, have charged more than a dozen defendants with MS-13 gang-related crimes between 2019 and 2020, officials said. Two other defendants face trials this month. “This is one of the most violent and brutal gangs I have come across in my career as a prosecutor,” Arapahoe County District Attorney John Kellner said in the news release.
Kellner lauded state and federal law officials who worked for years on a case that “prevented this transnational criminal gang from gaining a foothold in our community.”
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