Leader And Three Members And Associates Of The Trinitarios Gang Plead Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Crimes Including Racketeering, Narcotics Trafficking, And Firearms Offenses
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JONATHAN FELIZ, the leader of the Manhattan branch of the “Trinitarios,” a violent street and prison gang, and LOUINSKY MINIER, RUDY SANTANA, and ALBERTO MONTILLA, all of whom are members or associates of the Trinitarios, pled guilty to crimes including racketeering, narcotics trafficking, and firearms offenses. MINIER also pled guilty to causing the death of rival gang member, Roy Abreu, on November 23, 2006. The four defendants were charged along with 39 others in the Southern District of New York in March 2009 and June 2010.FELIZ and SANTANA pled guilty today before United States District Judge George B. Daniels.