2026年4月9日 美国东部时间上午10:09 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：妮可·斯甘加
妮可·斯甘加 国土安全与司法通讯员
妮可·斯甘加是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的国土安全与司法通讯员，总部位于华盛顿特区，为所有节目和平台供稿。
据哥伦比亚广播公司新闻获得的4月8日备忘录显示，代理司法部长托德·布兰奇已授权加州联邦首席检察官对三名被控杀害配合当局作证的受害者的MS-13涉嫌成员寻求死刑判决。
这是布兰奇就任代理司法部长后的首批行动之一，他指示加州中区联邦第一助理检察官比拉尔·埃塞利对罗伯托·卡洛斯·阿吉拉尔、丹尼斯·阿尼亚·乌里亚斯和格雷维尔·塞拉亚·圣地亚哥寻求死刑判决。
这三名MS-13跨国犯罪组织的涉嫌成员已在联邦起诉书中被控犯有协助敲诈勒索谋杀罪，罪名是杀害一名配合联邦当局工作的受害者。
据检察官透露，这名受害者已被该帮派列为死亡目标，乌里亚斯和圣地亚哥据称于2025年2月18日在洛杉矶南部一家杂货店实施了枪击。美国司法部在一份新闻稿中表示，该帮派已知晓受害者配合政府调查，这使得他“成为了MS-13成员谋杀目标的‘绿灯’命令对象”。
美国司法部称，受害者遇害前约一小时，曾在店内与阿吉拉尔偶遇。当天傍晚，受害者两次致电当局，称MS-13帮派成员刚刚试图向他开枪，但枪支未能击发。“随后在第二次通话中，传来了数声枪响，”该部门的新闻稿写道。
这些罪名依法可判处联邦终身监禁，若定罪，被告也将有资格被判处死刑。
Acting AG Todd Blanche gives go-ahead to pursue death penalty in MS-13 murder case
2026-04-09 10:09 AM EDT / CBS News
By Nicole Sganga
Nicole Sganga Homeland Security and Justice Correspondent
Nicole Sganga is CBS News’ homeland security and justice correspondent. She is based in Washington, D.C., and reports for all shows and platforms.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche authorized the top federal prosecutor in California to seek the death penalty for three alleged MS-13 members charged with killing a victim who was cooperating with authorities, according to a memo dated April 8 and obtained by CBS News.
In one of his first acts as acting attorney general, Blanche directed First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bilal Essayli to pursue the death penalty for Roberto Carlos Aguilar, Dennis Anaya Urias and Grevil Zelaya Santiago.
The three alleged members of the MS-13 transnational criminal organization are charged in federal complaints with murder in aid of racketeering for the killing of a victim who was cooperating with federal authorities.
According to prosecutors, the victim had been marked for death by the gang, and Urias and Santiago allegedly carried out the shooting at a grocery store in South Los Angeles on February 18, 2025. The Justice Department said in a news release that the gang knew of the victim’s cooperation with the government, which made him “subject to a ‘green light’ order that made him a target for murder by MS-13 members.”
About an hour before his death, the victim apparently had a chance encounter with Aguilar inside the store, the Justice Department said. That evening, the victim called authorities twice and told them MS-13 gang members had just tried to shoot him, but the gun failed to fire. “Then, during the second telephone call, several gunshots were heard,” the department’s release states.
The charges carry a mandatory sentence of life in federal prison and make the defendants eligible for the death penalty if convicted.
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