MS-13 gang member sentenced for Pender robbery | StarNewsOnline.com

MS-13 gang member sentenced for Pender robbery | StarNewsOnline.com: "The sentencing of Daniel Eduardo Pineda-Zelaya was the fifth one resulting from the Nov. 23, 2008, robbery of the Your Convenience Store off U.S. 421 in Pender County, in which a band of assailants fired a gunshot at a customer and stole $50 from the register, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

All five men were undocumented immigrants from Honduras, and at least three –Zelaya, Humberto Diaz and Jose Leonel Matute – are reportedly aligned with the notorious MS-13 street gang, a national criminal organization believed to be engaged in a wide range of illicit activities. In 2008, the FBI had documented a growing number of MS-13, also known as Mara Salvatrucha, members establishing operations in the southeastern region of the country.

In the Pender robbery, Diaz, Matute, Zelaya and Ever Jose Contreras entered the store while the fifth man, Axel Anael Contreras, waited in a car outside as the lookout."

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