Second MS-13 Member Pleads Guilty In Nassau Teen's Murder

also pleaded guiltyVictor Lopez, a member of MS-13, pleaded guilty today to the murder of 15-year-old Angel Soler in Roosevelt in 2017. Lopez was the second gang member to plead guilty to charges releated to the murder this week.

Lopez, also known as Persa, 31, of Roosevelt, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, second-degree conspiracy and fourth-degree conspiracy. He is expected to be sentenced to 23 years to life in prison on Jan. 23, 2020. Yesterday, David Sosa-Guevara, the leader of the Hollywood clique of MS-13, also pleaded guilty to charges related to Soler's murder.

“This defendant lured 15-year-old Angel Soler into the woods where he was savagely murdered by MS-13 gang members,” said Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas. “I hope that today’s guilty plea, and that of his co-defendant David Sosa-Guevara on Monday, affords some sense of justice to Angel’s loved ones. Thanks to the collaborative efforts of law enforcement we have decimated MS-13’s leadership on Long Island, and broken their grip of terror on our communities, and we will continue this work until this brutal gang is eliminated.”

Lopez was a high-ranking member of teh Hollywood clique and a close associate of Sosa-Guevara. Lopez was in charge of the activities of the Hollywood clique members on Long Island, and was in charge of enforcement within the clique.

Soler was killed on July 21, 2017. His body was mutilated with a machete, and he suffered blunt-force trauma to the head. His body was buried under cement in a wooded area of Roosevelt, near the Southern State Parkway, and was discovered on Oct. 19, 2017.

Lopez was arrested by the Nassau County Police Department on Jan. 11, 2018.

“The murder of Angel Soler is evidence of MS-13’s brutality and is an example of the gang’s underlying ideology," said Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division Special Agent in Charge Raymond Donovan. "Through law enforcement collaboration, MS-13 members continue to be arrested and prosecuted in order to keep our communities safe from gang violence.”