CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Two men were sentenced Thursday to more than three decades in prison for a gang-related killing in November 2022 at a Charlotte nightclub, federal officials said.
Christian Alejandro Garcia Santa Cruz, 32, of El Salvador, and Aderly Jose Veliz-Ronquillo, 30, of Guatemala, each were sentenced to 35 years for using a firearm during a violent crime resulting in death, according to U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Russ Ferguson.
The two are members of a subgroup of the La Mara Salvatrucha gang known as the Hollywood Locos Salvatrucha Clique, Ferguson said…