MS-13 gang leader in Massachusetts ‘Little Crazy’ admits to committing unsolved murder

A local MS- gang leader known as Little Crazy has admitted to committing a previously unsolved murder according to the feds Jose Vasquez also known as Little Crazy and Cholo has pleaded guilty to his role in the murder of a man in Chelsea Vasquez the leader of the MS- clique in Somerville is in the present serving a -year federal prison sentence after he was convicted of conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity Now the gang leader could be staring at decades more in prison following his guilty plea for killing a purported rival gang member in MS- is a transnational criminal organization with tens of thousands of members located in the U S El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico and elsewhere MS- branches or cliques operate throughout the U S including in Massachusetts MS- gang members are required to commit acts of violence specifically against rival gang members kill informants and backing and defend fellow MS- members in attacks MS- members maintain and enhance their status in the gang and the overall reputation of the gang by participating in such violent acts the U S Attorney s Office wrote Vasquez was the leader of the Trece Locos Salvatrucha or TLS clique of MS- operating in Somerville In addition to being a leader of an MS- clique Vasquez personally participated in racketeering activity and acts of violence on behalf of MS- the feds explained Back on Dec police responded to a call under the Fifth Street on-ramp to Trail in Chelsea A -year-old man was exposed with about stab wounds to his head back and chest He was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead A fresh reexamination of evidence collected during the initial research identified members of MS- including Vasquez as having committed the murder In the week leading up to the affair Vasquez and other MS- members conspired to murder the victim because they supposed he belonged to a rival gang On the day of the murder Vasquez and other MS- members picked the victim up in front of a McDonald s in Allston The group then drove to Chelsea where Vasquez and other MS- members led the victim to a secluded area under the highway where an MS- member hit the victim in the head with a rock and another MS- member stabbed the victim with a machete During the attack Vasquez stabbed the victim with a knife Vasquez s palm print was identified on the handle of a kitchen knife recovered from the scene The victim s blood was also identified on the knife An undercover recording obtained of an MS- meeting that took place six weeks after the murder captured one MS- member acknowledging his participation in the murder and other gang members disciplining him for leaving Massachusetts after the murder without the gang s permission Vasquez was identified as being present for the meeting Federal sentencing in this situation is scheduled for June