Teen's Murder By MS-13 Gang Leads To Prison Sentence

ALEXANDRIA, VA — An Ms-13 gang member who formerly lived in Alexandria was sentenced to 25 years in prison in relation to the kidnapping and killing of a teen in Fairfax County.

Edwin Orellana Caballero, a Salvadoran who was 16 years old and lived in Alexandria at the time of the killing, was part of MS-13's Park View Locos Salvatrucha clique that kidnapped and killed a 14-year-old on Sept. 26, 2016.

Prosecutors say the gang lured the teen to Fairfax County's Holes Run Stream Valley Park and killed him with knives, machetes and a pickaxe in a wooded area. Once the teen was dead, gang members buried him in a shallow grave.

Prosecutors say Orellana Caballero struck the victim multiple times with the pickaxe. Orellana Caballero, who was prosecuted as an adult under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, had pleaded guilty to one count of maiming in aid of racketeering activity.

There have been 17 defendants charged in the teen killing case. Five of the defendants went to trial and were convicted of all charges. Ten other defendants pleaded guilty before trial.