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Héctor Ríos Morales

Acting AG Todd Blanche Directs California Prosecutor to Seek Death Penalty for Three Alleged MS-13 Members

President Donald Trump and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. (Credit: GETTY IMAGES via AFP / Michael M. Santiago)

Less than a week after being appointed acting Attorney General by President Donald Trump, Todd Blanche authorized the top federal prosecutor in California to seek the death penalty against three alleged MS-13 members accused of killing a victim who was cooperating with authorities.

Last May, prosecutors announced charges against Dennis Anaya Urias, Grevil Zelaya Santiago and Roberto Carlos Aguilar in the killing of a former MS-13 member who was assisting law enforcement in a federal racketeering and methamphetamine trafficking case.

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