7 MS-13 MEMBERS CHARGED WITH DOUBLE MURDER INSIDE FEDERAL PENITENTIARY IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS RESULTING IN NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN OF FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM
Seven MS-13 Members Charged with Racketeering Conspiracy and Murder in Aid of Racketeering, along with other crimes, for Murders and Attempted Murders of Rival Gang Members inside U.S. Penitentiary Beaumont
BEAUMONT, Texas – A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas returned an indictment this week in Beaumont charging seven inmates at U.S. Penitentiary Beaumont, who are members of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, for their involvement in a deadly prison attack on rival gang members on Jan. 31, 2022. All seven defendants are in federal custody. The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Marcia Crone.
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas Brit Featherston, along with FBI Houston SAC James Smith, Homeland Security Investigations Houston SAC Mark Dawson, and Joint Task Force Vulcan Director (JTFV) John J. Durham, announced today the charges in the 15-count indictment against the MS-13 members identified below. The charges in the Indictment relate to the planning and execution of a violent attack orchestrated by members of MS-13 against Mexican Mafia and Sureños associates that resulted in two deaths, two attempted murders, and a nationwide lockdown of all inmates in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for almost a week.