United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein
District of Maryland
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: VICKIE E. LEDUC
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2007
WWW.USDOJ.GOV/USAO/MD/
SEVENTEENTH MEMBER OF MS-13 GANG CONVICTED OF RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY Participated in the Murder ofAshley Antonio Urias

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GREENBELT-- U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division announced Everec Alvarez Chacon, also known as Moreno, 30, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to conduct and participate in racketeering enterprise activities of an MS-13 gang.

“Seventeen MS-13 gang members now have been convicted in Maryland on federal RICO charges for participating in a racketeering conspiracy, and thirteen other gang members have been convicted on other federal charges over the past two years,â€