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Houston police gave new details Friday morning about a shocking murder case in which prosecutors say two gang members killed a young woman as a satanic sacrifice. Detectives "believe strongly" that they have identified the slain woman, police announced, and are looking for other people who may have been involved.
Prosecutors charged yesterday that two alleged members of violent Salvadoran gang MS-13 -- identified in court documents as Miguel Alvarez-Flores, 22, and Diego Hernandez-Rivera, 18 -- killed the young woman and held a 14-year-old girl against her will.
The three "young, impressionable young women" ages 14-16 came under the influence of the adult male gang members and eventually were held in an apartment, Sturdivant said, confirming that at least two of them had been reported missing.
After they were arrested Monday at the apartment in the 2200 block of South Gessner by SWAT officers with a warrant, Sturdivant said, both of the
men charged in the young woman's death admitted their involvement.
The young woman, identified only as "Genesis" and thought to be 15, was found lying against a west Houston curb with gunshot wounds to her face and chest, authorities said. A man driving his kids to school found the body about 7 a.m. on Feb. 16.
The young woman was killed in a satanic ritual by two MS-13 members after she disrespected their shrine to Satanism, prosecutors said Thursday in court.
Jackson County Sheriff Andy Louderback, who also serves on the Texas Sheriff’s Association, told Breitbart Texas on Monday that the MS-13 gang members are bringing a level of violence not seen before by gangs in the U.S.
“They have distinguished themselves as to the level of violence by committing heinous acts including hacking people to death with a machete, scalping, and raping young girls,” the sheriff said. “They are a Tier 1 threat in Texas.”
“We have multiple deportees using machetes, scalping, killing 14-year-olds, 23-year-old gang leaders, you know, luring, you know, kids into a road near Addicks Dam and using a machete, it was four of them, to hack a person to death – a 14-year-old boy, who allegedly would not murder his cousin, that they were upset about over some issue,” Louderback stated.
originally posted by: Shangralah
a reply to: MysticPearl
Yeah and full blooded American gang members do worse every day in America.
This has nothing to so with immigration or Trump IMO. This is just crazies being crazies.
Yeah and full blooded American gang members do worse every day in America.
This has nothing to so with immigration or Trump IMO. This is just crazies being crazies.
originally posted by: Shangralah
a reply to: MysticPearl
This has nothing to so with immigration or Trump IMO. This is just crazies being crazies.
originally posted by: Shangralah
a reply to: MysticPearl
Yeah and full blooded American gang members do worse every day in America.
This has nothing to so with immigration or Trump IMO. This is just crazies being crazies.
At least two major cartels—Los Caballeros Templarios (The Knights Templar) and La Familia Michoacana—were openly religious cults that practiced Satan worship and cannibalism. They also built shrines and idols, and distributed pamphlets preaching their death-obsessed ideology to the masses.
Even other, less sectarian Mexican gangs, have strong ties to the occult. The skeletal figure of Santa Muerte, the Death Saint, is also worshipped by sicarios from all the major cartels—who often seek her blessing before raids, abductions, and assassinations.
originally posted by: Shangralah
a reply to: MysticPearl
Yeah and full blooded American gang members do worse every day in America.
This has nothing to so with immigration or Trump IMO. This is just crazies being crazies.
originally posted by: TobyFlenderson
There are so many issues wrapped up in this post and the comments it's hard to untangle everything.
I live in the Boston Area and am in the criminal courts in Boston all of the time. There are a lot of gangs in Boston, but most are very localized an unassociated with national and international gangs. By other cities' standards, they are not very violent. Having said that, the younger members will shoot virtually anyone for any reason.
The lack of respect for life is quite common in America, especially in high crime areas, impoverished areas, and areas where parents are very young or uninvolved. In short, when your life is valued by others, you tend not to value life. To classify these people, or any people, as animals, or somehow less than human is counterproductive. When someone reaches the state of mind to torture another human being, they are most likely not going to be rehabilitated anytime soon. But can anyone honestly say that they know for a fact, that if they had grown up in the conditions these men did that they would have turned out better? We will never learn to do better, never lessen societal ills, if we classify everyone who acts aberrantly as "animal".
Also, there are numerous instances of white, middle to upper class American kids committing horrendous crimes. Just off the top of my mind I can think of a black man being dragged behind a pickup truck, a gay kid being tortured and beaten and left do die, a homeless guy getting his skull crushed by a brick, etc, etc..
More information is need to determine whether or not immigration reform would have aided in this situation. As far as I know, every country in the world has illegal immigrants. Is it possible that these men had never been convicted of crime prior to this? If they hadn't, it is unlikely that ICE would even know about them, particularly if they entered illegally. If we build a mile high wall across our entire southern border, there will still be illegal immigrants. However, if these men are deported today, it is quite likely they'd be back in the states within a few months.
Lastly, quite frequently any worship that is not strictly orthodox is called "Satanic". The word "occult" just means mystical. It does not denote evilness. I believe the root word simply means hidden. There are still many religions in existence that are not monotheistic. In all of these religions there are beliefs in beings that have both light and dark sides. The worship or idolatry of one of these deities is not the same as Satanism or satanic worship.