Another MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced To Jail, Possible Deportation

BOSTON, MA — A member of MS-13, a violent transnational gang, in Chelsea, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Boston for racketeering conspiracy.

The trials of members of the Boston-area clique of MS-13, also known as Mara Salvatrucha or Enfernmos Criminales Salvatrucha, have fanned flames in the U.S. immigration debate at times.

Domingo Tizol, a/k/a “Chapin,” 23, a Guatemalan national who was living in Chelsea, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release. Tizol will be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence, the Justice Department announced.

On May 26, 2015, Tizol and another MS-13 member Bryan Galicia-Barillas, a/k/a “Chucky,” attacked a suspected gang rival on Bellingham Street in Chelsea. Tizol punched and hit the victim while Barillas stabbed the victim multiple times. The victim survived the attack but suffered life-threatening injuries.

Tizol and Barillas were two of 61 defendants indicted in a superseding indictment targeting the criminal activities of alleged leaders, members, and associates of MS-13 in Massachusetts. Barillas previously pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing.

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