According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), the case involving 18 MS-13 gang members has come to a close as the last defendant was sentenced on Thursday in Nashville, Tennessee.
During the investigation, various charges were brought up, covering a range of allegations. These charges were not restricted to any specific category and encompassed a diverse range of accusations.
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- Racketeering conspiracy
- Murder in aid of racketeering
- Attempted murder in aid of racketeering
- Kidnapping
- Drug trafficking
- Obstruction of justice
- Destruction of evidence
- and multiple firearms offenses
According to court documents, the individuals accused in the case were associated with MS-13 since 2014 and were members of the Thompson Place Locos Salvatrucha clique, which operated in Nashville.
The case involved the conviction of defendants in 2016. They were found guilty of luring an unnamed victim into a field and subsequently shooting him to death. Additionally, the defendants were charged in connection to a fatal shooting that took place outside a nightclub in Nashville during the same year, as stated by the DOJ.
The individuals who have been sentenced are as follows:
| Jorge Flores, 31 | Life plus 65 years in prison |
| Kevin Tidwell, 30 | Life plus 30 years in prison |
| Luis Colindres, 27 | 55 years in prison |
| Jose Pineda-Caceres, 25 | 52 years and three months in prison |
| Gerson Serrano-Ramirez, 36 | 34 years in prison |
| Carlos Ochoa-Martinez, 34 | 30 years in prison |
| Francisco Avila, 26 | 30 years in prison |
| Franklin Hernandez, 24 | 28 years and 11 months in prison |
| Jason Sandoval, 38 | 20 years in prison |
| Oscar Delgado-Flores, 30 | 19 years and eight months in prison |
| Angel Daniel-Garcia, 38 | 13 years and nine months in prison |
| Bryan Paredes, 27 | 10 years in prison |
| Jose Calderon, 24 | 10 years in prison |
| Hector Venturas, 28 | 12 years and seven months in prison |
| Juan Melendez, 25 | Eight years in prison |
| Franklin Pineda-Caceres, 23 | Seven years and six months in prison |
| Sergio Alvarado-Ochoa, 30 | Two years and six months in prison |
| Anabely Caceres, 44 | Served one year and one month |
Director David Rausch of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) emphasized the agency’s unwavering commitment to ensuring the safety of our communities by working closely with our law enforcement partners to pursue those engaged in violent and illegal activities.
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As part of an operation by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), this prosecution took place. To learn more about these operations, please visit this link.