Aldair Garcia-Miranda, MS-13 Racketeering, Maryland 2023

Greenbelt, Maryland – In a shocking display of violence, three alleged members of the notorious MS-13 gang have been charged with conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise.

Aldair Garcia-Miranda, a/k/a “Callado” and “Poseido,” age 21, of Wheaton, Selvin Raymundo Salazar, a/k/a “Little” and “Inquieto,” age 23, of Wheaton, and Raul Ernesto Landaverde-Giron, a/k/a “Decente” and “Humilde,” age 25, of Silver Spring, are currently in custody facing a maximum sentence of life in prison for conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise.

The superseding indictment alleges that from at least prior to 2012 through 2014, the defendants were members and associates of MS-13 who planned and committed murders, attempted murders and extortion. The indictment further alleges that on February 28, 2013, Salazar and other MS-13 members allegedly shot and killed an individual suspected of being a member of a rival gang.

On November 30, 2013, MS-13 members, including Garcia-Miranda and Landaverde-Giron, armed themselves with knives and a gun in order to kill a person who had fled from El Salvador to Frederick, Maryland to escape an order to kill by MS-13 in El Salvador. They lured the victim to a wooded area between Greenwall Place and Hoke Place in Frederick, shot him in the head and stabbed him multiple times, killing him.

According to the indictment, on July 30, 2014, Garcia-Miranda, Salazar and other MS-13 members traveled to the 5700 block of 30th Avenue in Hyattsville, Maryland with guns to search for and shoot suspected rival gang members and others who were believed to have taken property from an MS-13 associate. They arrived at a nearby location where three individuals were walking. Garcia-Miranda and an MS-13 associate, while in the company of Salazar, fired multiple shots from handguns at the three victims, striking one victim seven times and another victim once.

The defendants are being held in custody and face a maximum sentence of life in prison for conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise. Garcia-Miranda and Salazar also face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, and for attempted murder in aid of racketeering; and a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison consecutive to any other sentence and a maximum of life in prison.

MS-13, a national and international gang composed primarily of immigrants or descendants from El Salvador, has a presence in Prince George’s County and Montgomery County, Maryland, with a branch or “clique” operating in Frederick. The defendants were members of the Normandie Clique of MS-13.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/three-alleged-ms-13-members-charged-violent-racketeering-conspiracy