Edgard Castro-Contreras Gets Life For MS-13 Murder In MD

A Maryland MS-13 gang member who gunned down one victim execution-style and left another for dead in a wooded park will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Edgard Castro-Contreras, 21, was found guilty on Friday, April 4, of first-degree murder, conspiracy, and multiple other charges tied to the November 2022 gang-related ambush that left 20-year-old Edvin Agustin Leon dead in Silver Spring, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office said.

The second victim, Alex Castro Sabrian, was shot several times but survived by playing dead. He then crawled through a quarter-mile of Northwest Stream Valley Park, crying for help until neighbors called 911, prosecutors said…

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