BALTIMORE, MD, September 20, 2025 – A federal jury in Maryland convicted three men—Wilson Arturo Constanza-Galdomez, also known as Humilde; Marco Saravia, 26, of El Salvador; Edis Omar Valenzuela-Rodriguez, also known as Little Felon, 24, of Honduras; and Jonathan Pesquera-Puerto, also known as Truney, 24, of Honduras—for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise involving murders, attempted murders, and murder in aid of racketeering.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, the defendants were members or associates of MS-13, a transnational criminal organization with operations throughout Maryland and the United States. The gang, organized in local cliques, requires members to commit acts of violence, including murder, to rise in rank. In the Baltimore area, MS-13 maintained rivalries with groups such as the 18th Street Gang.
Federal prosecutors stated that the three men were involved in multiple violent crimes between June 2019 and October 2021. These included the murders of two young women, four attempted murders, and one count of witness tampering.
On April 25, 2020, Constanza-Galdomez and Valenzuela-Rodriguez took part in a machete attack on a man suspected of being a rival gang member in Baltimore. One month later, on May 29, 2020, Constanza-Galdomez, Valenzuela-Rodriguez, Pesquera-Puerto, and others lured 16-year-old Gabriela Gonzalez-Ardon to a wooded area near Loch Raven Reservoir and killed her by stabbing and slashing her multiple times. The killing was reported to MS-13 leadership to elevate the defendants’ standing within the gang…