Jose Salvador Gonzalez-Campos, Murder through use of a firearm during a crime of violence, Ohio 2018

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MS-13 Defendant Admits to 2 Murders

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A defendant in the MS-13 racketeering case pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today and accepted responsibility for his involvement in two homicides.

Jose Salvador Gonzalez-Campos, 28, formerly of Columbus, pleaded guilty today to one count of participating in a racketeering conspiracy and one count of murder through the use of a firearm during a crime of violence.

As part of his plea, Gonzalez-Campos accepted responsibility for his role in the murders of Wilson Villeda and Salvador Martinez-Diaz. He also admitted to being involved in drug trafficking, extortion and money laundering on behalf of the criminal enterprise.

The parties involved in Gonzalez-Campos’ case are recommending a prison sentence of 35 to 40 years.

U.S. Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman commended the investigation of this case by the FBI, ICE, Columbus Division of Police and Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, and the assistance of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), as well as Assistant United States Attorneys Brian J. Martinez and Jessica H. Kim, who are prosecuting the case.

Gonzalez-Campos, also known as “Danger,” is one of 23 individuals charged in a second superseding indictment in February 2018 who are alleged to be members and associates of MS-13 in Columbus.

The second superseding indictment alleges that the defendants committed a host of overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy, including the murders of Jose Mendez, Ramon Ramos, Carlos Serrano-Ramos, Wilson Villeda, and Salvador Martinez-Diaz.