MS-13 leader indicted in plot to kill witness

MS-13 leader indicted in plot to kill witness
By Freeman Klopott
Examiner Staff Writer 9/21/08


Police lift the shirt of a suspected MS-13 member to show his gang tattoos in this AP file photo. An illegal immigrant who led a Fairfax County-based MS-13 cell was indicted late last week for allegedly conspiring to murder a federal witness who helped put a former leader of the group behind bars for life in 2006.
According to court records, Erick Turcios-Lazo, also known as “Scorpion,â€