35-year-old Miguel angel Correa Diaz, called by prosecutors the head of one of the most violent gangs in the world — MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha), asked the court to improve the conditions of his imprisonment. On July 31, the drug dealer, also known as the Reaper, said the Supreme judge of the Nassau County Patricia Harrington that he was suffering in prison.
«Discrimination. I am suffering in this County. They call me «El Chapo» (Mexican drug Lord — USA.one) and «Die a terrible guy,» — said the so-called leader of MS-13 East coast, adding that he received «numerous death threats» from outside the prison.
Prosecutors have charged Miguel Diaz in the drug trafficking in especially large sizes and the murder on long island. During the trial in April the Reaper pleaded not guilty in any crimes.
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However, recently appearing before a judge, the accused called himself a loving father who misses his children, but unable to talk to them.
«It’s time to talk to them, because, when I was deported, I don’t know if I’ll be able again to communicate with them,» said a possible head of MS-13. According to Scott gross, counsel to the accused, his client was locked in his prison cell for 23 hours in bitches and he has limited access to the phone, adding that «conditions unbearable.» The judge promised to deal with telephone communications, which, according to her, should be.
Correa Diaz, a citizen of El Salvador, was one of the 17 detained suspects. According to authorities, the investigation into the activities of MS-13 have dealt a serious blow to the infrastructure of the gang. During the arrest the ringleader and his accomplices, agents managed to seize heroin worth $1 million and stop a planned murder.
According to the prosecutors, the members of the gang MS-13 has killed at least 25 people in the districts of Nassau and Suffolk in 2016. According to them, Korea Diaz reported directly to the leaders of mational organizations in El Salvador. If he’s convicted, could be sentenced to 25 years in prison.
