The leader of a New York City drug trafficking organization who participated in the murders of two teenagers a decade ago was convicted by a federal jury of racketeering conspiracy, murder, and firearms-related charges.
Carlos Ramirez, a.k.a. Guerra, leader of the Sunset Trinitarios, a violent street gang and drug trafficking organization founded in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park, was convicted Friday of conspiracy to commit racketeering, murder in aid of racketeering, and the use of a firearm to commit murder following a two-week trial, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced Monday.
“For more than a decade, the family members of Michael Beltre and Jordanny Correa have waited for justice. Their wait is now over. With its verdict, the jury has now held Carlos Ramirez, a.k.a. ‘Guerra,’ a leader of the Sunset Trinitarios, responsible for nearly a decade of drug trafficking, robberies, and violence, including the murder of these two young men, both teenagers at the time that they were shot to death,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement.