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08-24-10, 10:42 AM
MS13 "Duke" Guilty-Plot to Kill ICE Agent
8/23/10 (AP) An MS-13 member pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court on Monday to plotting to assassinate a federal agent who was turning up the heat on the violent gang.
Walter (Duke) Torres spilled the beans about the deadly plan - ordered by the gang's leaders in El Salvador - to NYPD detectives last fall after he was busted for disorderly conduct in Queens.
Torres, 29, admitted his role in a conspiracy to murder the unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, a killing he hoped would enhance his own status in the gang. "I did knowingly agree with others to commit a murder," Torres said. "These are rules that we follow in our gang."
Torres was a member of a Mara Salvatrucha 13 crew in Virginia, but was put in charge of carrying out the scheme and traveled to Queens to begin the planning.
At the time of his arrest, gang members were attempting to obtain a high-powered assault rifle capable of penetrating the agent's body armor, according to court papers.
Defense lawyer Bobbie Sternheim said the plot did not go beyond the "talk" stage.
Torres faces a maximum of 10 years in prison when he's sentenced by Federal Judge Sandra Townes on Dec. 10.
8/23/10 (AP) An MS-13 member pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court on Monday to plotting to assassinate a federal agent who was turning up the heat on the violent gang.
Walter (Duke) Torres spilled the beans about the deadly plan - ordered by the gang's leaders in El Salvador - to NYPD detectives last fall after he was busted for disorderly conduct in Queens.
Torres, 29, admitted his role in a conspiracy to murder the unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, a killing he hoped would enhance his own status in the gang. "I did knowingly agree with others to commit a murder," Torres said. "These are rules that we follow in our gang."
Torres was a member of a Mara Salvatrucha 13 crew in Virginia, but was put in charge of carrying out the scheme and traveled to Queens to begin the planning.
At the time of his arrest, gang members were attempting to obtain a high-powered assault rifle capable of penetrating the agent's body armor, according to court papers.
Defense lawyer Bobbie Sternheim said the plot did not go beyond the "talk" stage.
Torres faces a maximum of 10 years in prison when he's sentenced by Federal Judge Sandra Townes on Dec. 10.