The defendants were found guilty after a 10-week trial in Brooklyn on charges tied to four murders carried out between 2016 and 2022, including machete attacks, execution-style shootings, and the dismemberment of a victim whose remains were buried in a wooded area, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.
The four men now face mandatory life sentences when they are sentenced.
Those convicted are Edenilson Velasquez Larin, 36, of Thornton, Colorado; Hugo Diaz Amaya, 37, of Kansas City, Kansas; Jose Espinoza Sanchez, 27, of Carrboro, North Carolina; and Jose Arevalo Iraheta, 28, of Queens…