MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to 20 Years for Machete Attack

MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to 20 Years for Machete Attack
A Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang member at the prison of Ciudad Barrios, 100 miles east of San Salvador, El Salvador, on June 19, 2012. Jose Cabezas/AFP/GettyImages
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A male MS-13 gang member has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his involvement in a “brutal” machete attack in a park just outside Dallas, Texas, the Department of Justice announced on Nov. 18.

Manuel Amaya-Alvarez, 22, pleaded guilty in May to four counts of violent crime in aid of racketeering (VICAR) and was sentenced in the district federal court in the Northern District of Texas last Thursday, the department said.