The Newark MS-13 massacre: Six indicted
There are a lot of people who have forgotten about the heinous Newark schoolyard killings last year. (Background links.)
I haven’t.
And neither have law enforcement authorities and prosecutors in New Jersey, who have worked hard over the past year to bring the MS-13-linked barbarians to justice.
Six indictments were handed down today. And officials are now formally acknowledging the illegal alien gang ties and motivations behind the brutal crimes:
Prosecutors said for the first time today that the slayings of three college students in a Newark schoolyard last year had a “strong gang component” that was downplayed at the time for fear of inflaming the city.
The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office has said for months that some of the defendants had links to the MS-13 street gang but that their status may not have played a role in the robbery and murder of the victims.
But prosecutors said today that gang membership was clearly a motive in the killings, although they stopped short of calling it the prime motive and would not say it was a gang initiation.
“Certainly there was a strong gang component underlying each of these crimes,” said Thomas McTigue, Essex County assistant prosecutor.
McTigue said none of the defendants was charged under state gang statutes in the 19-count indictment returned today, but he said his office would introduce evidence of gang motivation in the prosecution.
The indictment brought charges of murder, robbery, weapons offenses and other crimes against Rodolfo Godinez, 25; his 17-year-old brother, Alexander Alfaro; Jose Lachira Carranza, 29; Melvin Jovel, 19; Shahid Baskerville, 16; and Gerardo Gomez, 16.
The four students were hanging out behind Mount Vernon School on Aug. 4, 2007, when they were confronted by their attackers with a handgun and a machete. Three of the victims — Terrance Aeriel, 18, Dashon Harvey, 20, and Iofemi Hightower, 20 — were killed when they were lined up against the wall and shot in the back of the head. Terrance’s sister, Natasha Aeriel, survived after being shot in the face and left for dead.
All of the victims were robbed, and Aeriel and the group’s other female, Iofemi Hightower, were sexually molested and cut with machetes and knives, according to a lawsuit recently filed against the city school system and the alleged killers.
You’ll recall that Carranza was an illegal alien out on bail
on child abuse charges. Victim Dashon Harvey’s dad decried the sanctuary climate:
“This is one that slipped through the cracks. He’s an illegal alien,” said outraged dad James Harvey, whose son Dashon was murdered last Saturday, along with Terrance Aeriel and Iofemi Hightower.
While 28-year-old day laborer Jose Lachira Carranza was behind bars yesterday, prosecutors arrested a third suspect, who is 15 years old, in Morristown, and charged him with felony murder.
Another 15-year-old has also been charged.
Harvey said that Carranza, the alleged ringleader, “should never have been out in the first
place.”“He’s got child abuse charges. He’s got a weapon. It’s an outrage to the justice system and the community that he’s out.”
Yet, to point out these deadly lapses is to invite spittle-flecked accusations of racism from open-borders zealots.
Eternal shame on them.
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Where’s Juan Hernandez with his, “they don’t commit crimes”, talk now? That’s right, busy pushing McAmnesty on us.
It’s past time for cities to be inflammed. Geeze. well past time.
The real outrage to the citizens of the US is not that he is out, but that he is in.
Good news about the indictments. Great. Now if we can convince people that ignoring gangs, or midnight basketball, won’t make them go away.
Think this will make the Old Media circuit as “News?” I’m not holding my breath.
Is it too much to ask that our Government actually enforce the nations borders and laws? Apparently.
Too little, too late.
I’m still perplexed why we don’t employ counter-insurgency tactics to combat the inner-city gang problem. In most cases the local politicians have ceded control to the thugs allowing a counter-culture of sleaze to co-exist next to more tame communities. We just escorted our niece to USC and were struck by the juxtaposition. Just across the street from campus is like entering into the 4th dimension. Graffiti, decay and lots of people leering at you as if to say “What you doing on my turf, homz?”
YIKES!
We should be demonstrating in front of Congress and the White House with each of us holding up a poster with a photo of yet another American citizen murdered by yet another illegal alien invader.
I know that such a demonstration would require thousands of us (the illegal alien invaders are knocking us off in record numbers) if we each held only one photo poster, but I’m willing to hold two. Maybe one adult or teenager and a child.
Perhaps the only way to get justice for the murdered and to prevent even more murders is to shame (with lots and lots of tv cameras filming) our feckless Congress and President into passing and enforcing laws that protect AMERICAN citizens.
How about it, Michelle? Do you think that you and Lou Dobbs and many other radio/television personalities would be willing to organize this?
Fear of repeated offenses and offenders should have been utmost, not PC death squads like the Race and Lulac and the MSM. It’s ABOUT TIME I say.
Want to slow or halt trouble with Illegals and Gangs?
Enforce the damn LAWS!
Shame on you Geraldo the Spitter.
Isn’t it just insane that these ‘kids’ received anonymity for a year, far beyond what Sarah Palin’s daughter received?
Do they have the death penalty? because if any one needs to die it would be these animals….and Michelle WE have not forgotten nor have we forgotten Jamiel Shaw nor have we forgotten Tony Bologna, 48, and his sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16.
THE OPEN BORDERS CROWD WOULD LIKE US TO BUT WE WILL NOT…..not until each and every one of those ANIMALS is put to DEATH.
no it’s well past time that the entire nation to be inflammed and do something about it. Remove federal funds from not only any sanctuary city but to the entire state until they end their sanctuary policies!!
There’s at least one victim per week in my county from an illegal.
I went online to view all the court cases…..flooded with hispanic names….particularly those w/out a license or revoked. Most dealing or using illegal drugs.
It’s a small wonder. I plan to write my local newspaper and ask the pondering county commissioners to enforce the laws or resign.
Meet John Hachmeister, Public Enemy #1
I fully support the indictment and prosecution of the bureaucrats that allowed these devils to be out of prison and be in our country. Surely someone can be held accountable.
Unfortunately for Mr. Harvey and others that “crack” in the system is more like the Grand Canyon …
I only hope that the families get justice when all is said and done …
I was wondering the same.
It’s not vengeance that prompts me to ask; it’s the desire for justice.
There is a difference.
shooter, your comment about anonymity is spot on. Warped perspectives, that’s what the media (and others) has.
I hate to say it but when I read about crimes like these, it makes me long for the days when criminals like these were hung in a public square.
MS 13 is one of the most cruel and ruthless gangs out of Central America and our law enforcement people were afraid of the race issue or whatever?… Time to call a spade a spade, these scum are illegals, milking the taxpayers still and should be shot in full view of other illegals…. there was a time public hangings were rampant. It’s sad that filth like MS13 make me wish for those days… very sad.
guitarplayer
ooops sorry, I repeated basically what you said…. OT I own a 1932 Gibson tenor electric… my Dad played it….
No problem. I guess when we read about this kind of stuff going on it just really makes our blood boil and wish the punishment would fit the crime a bit better.
Sweet! Do you play at all? My father-in-law just inherited a Gibson made around 1900. Next time my wife and I visit him in the mid-west, he’ll let me try it out.
I’ll also try to figure out more details about it.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t matter at all, and they might as well let them go free. For every one that is caught, deported, or imprisoned, there are 100 that take their place in the great chain of criminality.
Absent MASSIVE deportations, a national border with real defenses, there is little point. We should simply begin to accept a criminal society, because that is our future.
McCain’s an Illegal invader? No wonder he’s fighting so hard for them.
I haven’t forgotten it…or all the other victims. And I hold Bush, McCain and all the other pro illegal politicians culpable for the murders.
It makes my blood boil…and I can only imagine how angry the relatives of these victims still are……….
Well, I am glad that there is justice, but of course that will not bring back these young bright adults back. It is a shame that the connection or link to a gang was not recognized in the beginning. I think the shots to the back of the head should have been a clue, in my estimation, but then what do I know.
I guess our leaders will not fix this problem until it directly impacts their lives. That is usually the only way to get the politicians to act. I am afraid that #19 may be right.
When lawlessness abounds abuductions, rapes and molestations increase. We are a lawless society until we close down the borders and stop the influx of criminals across the border. Our children will be the ones that suffer from this benign treatment of the open borders.
Yeh, the just sentenced an illegal alien in my area who raped two women inside their homes.
Charge them with a Hate crime. Give them the Death Penalty.
I question the legal status of these two losers.
Hey Maisy please when mentioning all the open border politicians don’t just throw up the R’s include Obama, Clinton, Reid, Pelosi, lets be fair and balanced now…ok?
I feel for this father’s loss. The problem is, this criminal didn’t slip through any crack! He, and others like him, are openly invited to victimize our population by the conscience-less liberals that have infiltrated our seats of power. With God’s good grace, that will begin to change this November.
Bush, McAmnesty, Obama…. these are the evil people trying to destroy my country by letting all the Mexicans in and letting them stay.
Let AMERICANS start to do the job the incompetents will not do. I am willing to help my fellow AMERICANS round up the Mexicans and throw them out.
At the same time, let the conservatives with rifles start getting rid of the Crips and Bloods. We outnumber them, why are we letting them destroy our country???
WOLVERINES!!!!!
Somebody tell McCain.
Part of the blame can be placed at the feet of Sen Menendez, NJ’s illegal champion.
Maybe we can get President Palin to authorize helicopter hunting?
Heraldo? That puto?
I call him Jerry Rivers. It was good enough for his mama, it’s good enough for me.
OT I own a 1932 Gibson tenor electric… my Dad played it…. Sweet Guitar. I wouldn’t mind having a L 5 Llyod Loar myself.
Where’s Juan McShame on this one or any of the other 9250+ a yr of Americans killed by illegals…com on Juan speak up…where are you? Get out from under that desk…you and all the other anti-american congressmen.
Mark Levin just said and I agree…(paraphrasing)”the 3 main things that will kill this country, global warming with it’s government controlling on our economy, illegal aliens and medicare.” There are other problems, but those are the destroyers.
MM,
Thank you, for keeping us updated on this one.
/s/
jose
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
And speaking of aliens, did anyone notice that Britain today rolled out sharia law… uh huh, it’s true.
There was a time when I would have thought that Rob & his conservetives w/rifles comment was laughable… I am not laughing now. I am by no means advocating violence, but if you do the math our southern neighbors are perpetrating more violence upon us & inflicting more casualties than Al Qaeda. Perhaps it is time to apply the Bush Doctrine (& don’t gimmie any crap about which one) to Mexico.
OK, so maybe I am advocating violence, but good clean government instituted violence, not vigilanteism.
I just love all the posters who act as if McCain is the only sell out to Mexico hell Obama wants no fence and wants to give illegals drivers licenses….you at least ought to vote for the guy who will “build the damn fence”….and might I suggest you get the hell out and vote for conservatives to retake the house and Senate so it doesn’t matter who in the hell the President is.
John, once again you get it. When will we, the silent majority of Americans, get permission to go into the prisons and kill the scum that continue to exist. To clean up the streets…..
We just sit and wait.. do we serve our fading nation by doing so?
I saw today that the English have altered their entire legal system to put up with their invasion of Muslims….
….By god, before it is too late!
No Country For Sheep
The primary responsibility of the U.S. government is to protect the territorial integrity and people of this country. They have completely abdicated this responsibility. Both parties have been complicit in this. We are being told it is not possible to control our borders, enforce our laws, and thereby control our destiny as a nation. Hogwash. We are being sold out by corporations intent on importing workers for jobs that can’t be exported with the taxpayers paying the true costs, financial and human. If we act like sheep and don’t stop the inundation across our borders, we will lose our country without a bleat.
McAmnesty is the one that CLAIMS to have our conservative values but spits on this nation with his shamisty position. I hate the SOB, but I will vote for him because I have hopes that Sarah Palin will take over the position very, very soon.
Rob, you are walking a fine line. “get permission to go into the prisons and kill the scum that continue to exist. To clean up the streets…..” I admire your sprit, but the purpose of prisons is to clean up the streets. I respectfully request that say force rather than rifle, & pacify rather than kill. There are those that would use your comments to discredit this site. Please shut up.
I am glad to hear there finally is some action against these MS-13 savages, but disappointed they are still breathing air. It is long past time for a speedy trial and quick public execution as a fitting punishment for heinous crimes committed by all sociopaths in this country legal citizen or illegal invader. I wonder if we might be able to sell this type of justice to liberals as late term abortions. In the mean time do what you can to arm up and defend yourself and your families, because politicians and legal authorities refuse to enforce the rule of law and protect us from the overwhelming lawlessness perpetrated by the blatant invasion of our wide open borders.
Patriots must not shut up. I do not want to go the way that England went today and give over our entire culture to invaders.
This story and hundreds of others have been buried by the Main Stream Media for decades. Shame on them.
Myself I could care less if Obamy is for a fence or not, there is nothing about the guy that would motivate me to vote for him…but i am stuck, being a conservative, and having the option of voting for Juan McCain or not, knowing there is the Marxist waiting for pissed off repubs not to vote. Jaded, I can’t believe you don’t see the quandary here…myself and others can’t stand McCain, especially his open boarder position, not to mention he still has Juan Hernandez on his staff, paid for or not.
As far as U.S. Congressional votes go, my rep. is dyed in the wool blue, I won’t be voting for him, but I’m a minority here in Oregon. My Senator running is a Repub. bragging about the fact he works with and crosses the aisle, votes 50 % of time with the dems…help me who do I vote for?
Rob, when you say “kill”, you are “advocating violence” and that is a crime. And yes, I did comment on Britain’s surrender to sharia before you, thank you. But anything you say can be used against you, AND US. Now learn to act right.
These illegal criminals are in our midst, all across the country, perpetrating crimes like the MS-13 gang and generally disregarding our territorial integrity by crossing our borders, and stealing social security numbers. Why do Americans ignore this problem? People only get mad when one of their relatives (like those two poor girls in Virginia Beach) get killed by one.
Where’s the reality check for our country?
I don’t know if any of you heard the news but Bolivia is imploding. That lovely lefty socialist, Evo Morales, the FIRST ever indigenous president of that country, is demonizing the rich and those productive folks that are the only thing standing between Bolivia and chaos. There are a couple of South American countries who are calling an emergency conference to try to talk out the problem.
I know a little TOO much about this area of the world. I know how prone they are to anarchy and chaos. Now, they want to introduce the same kind of chaos to America because these people have no respect for their own laws (or don’t have any kind of rule of law at all).
Does America really want to become like Bolivia? Helloooo…. Pres. Bush, McCain, Obummer….. anyone at home?
I said, “get permission” not to do any violence on our own…
Heavens to Mergatroyd! I want us to be like our founding fathers; I want us to wait for permission to do anything to save this once great country.
Okay, I am sorry, you beat me in the comment wars. Damn, I wanted to be the first in the world to comment on what happened in England. I am ashamed……… you win.
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It is counterproductive to dump on McCain/Palin on this issue over the next 50 days; They already know that 80%of Americans are against amnesty in any shape,form,or fashion;Let it simmer on the back burner until after 11/04, then we will make it a white hot priority #1 and remind them of the only right thing to do:Demagnetize America by fully enforcing existing laws until all lawbreakers(that would be 100% of illegal aliens)self-deport, then backfill with law-abiding immigrants of our choosing.
NJ no longer has the death penalty.
Newark? Yeah, scary place.
This nation is about to elect Juan ‘Amnesty’ McCain, who has hired help to appease to Mexicans, after rejecting Tom Tancredo.
‘In a democracy, people get the govt. they deserve’.
Nah, it’s just like Judge Judy – they are ruled under the Arbitration Act.
Plus the fact Jewish “Beth Din courts” have been doing this for more 100 years in a similar fashion.
LOL… seriously.. this is why I come to this site, to see such funny comments from manic far right wingers
Any word on whether these guys are here illegally?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,422641,00.html
I know it is fantasy.. but such a beautiful fantasy…
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LOOK OUT! Looks like we got us a floater!
Make that TWO floaters!!!
I guess we all float Jim.
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My mommy is calling.. It is past my bed time…
Same time tomorrow??
Fun times!
Death Penalty is too lineate for these people.
The Japanese had a old tradition of cooking a person alive. If the cooking master was good, he could keep the convicted alive for many days, suffering excruciating pain.
Will that do it for ya GaMidnightRider
I see a new move idea. One where MS-13 types hanging with their Vatos, get sniped. The movie is like the Charles Bronson movies we use to see.
You know, the movies where the bad gang bangers are asked if they believe in Jesus. Then the bad punk starts crying, and saying yes. Of course, C.B. tells the punk,”Well your about to meet him.”
That’s the kind of stuff I want to see happen to MS-13 Satan worshiping POS!
That Rob boy does seem a bit awkward… maybe he will meet a nice girl or something.
The Central American MS-13 gang members are terrified of being sent back to Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, etc. The reason is that when the neighborhood people there see gang tattoos on people, they get together and kill them by beating them to death. Apparently, Central Americans have been inflamed!! Why do we have to be so careful not to inflame anyone here by telling the truth.
It is a shame America drove these poor immigrants who only came here to take your job (that you and McCain won’t do) to this degree of racism and criminality/
From the Declaration of Independence.
If they get convicted, can they be executed? These murders occured while capital punishment was still the law in New Jersey.
Stinking illegal alien MS-13 POS. I’m looking for your kind every Marine Corp day.
The State Department is full of treason for doing nothing about securing the southern Border, and suing Mexico and other turd world nations for all the illegal alien free health care, murder of cops, jail costs, etc…