MS-13 Member Gets Decades In Prison For Nassau Teen's Murder

A MS-13 gang member was sentenced to decades in prison on Monday for the murder of a 15-year-old boy in Nassau County.

Dennis Lopez, who was also known as Elmer Guillen and Maliente, was sentenced to 23 years to life for the murder of 15-year-old Angel Soler in July 2017. Lopez, 20, pleaded guilty on June 3 to second-degree murder, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree conspiracy.

“Dennis Lopez and his co-defendants helped lure innocent 15-year old Angel Soler into the woods and relentlessly hacked him to death,” said Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas. “This young man’s family had to endure three months of not knowing where Angel was, until his body was found in a remote area and covered in concrete. Due to extraordinary detective work, we were able to locate Angel’s body and arrest those responsible for his murder. With today sentence, we’ve held Dennis Lopez accountable for his heinous actions and we are ready to try his co-defendants for this senseless murder.”

Lopez killed Soler on July 21, 2017 by hacking him to death with a machete. Soler was buried in a wooded area in Roosevelt, just south of the Southern State Parkway. His remains were discovered buried in cement on Oct. 19, 2017.

The alleged head of the Long Island chapter of the Hollywood clique of MS-13, David Sosa Guevara — aka Risky — and Victor Lopez were previously indicted for the murder of Soler. A fourth person, Josue Antonio Figueroa Velasquez, was arrested by the Nassau County Police Department in May of 2018, and Kevin Morales Lopez was arrested in August of 2018, both on murder charges related to Soler’s murder. Their cases are pending.