Maryland Salvatruchos First Word Marchante-Rivas Convicted

Eris Marchante-Rivas, MS-13 Member, Sentenced to 30 Years for Racketeering Conspiracy
Jan 13th, 2009
by www.BackgroundNow.com Staff.

U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Eris Marchante-Rivas, also known as Strayboy, age 24, of Hyattsville, Maryland, today to 30 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to conduct and participate in racketeering enterprise activities of MS-13, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Department of Justice Criminal Division.

“We are working with local, state, federal and international partners to combat MS-13,” said U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein.

• “Since 2005, the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office has convicted 42 MS-13 gang members, including 23 charged as part of a racketeering conspiracy.
• Anyone who joins a violent gang should be on notice that the future may hold a lengthy term in federal prison.”

We are continuing our commitment to impact violent crime,” says ATF Special Agent in Charge Theresa R. Stoop, “and we’re not going to stop until we get the job done.”

MS-13 is organized in “cliques,” including, the Sailors Locos Salvatruchos Westside (“SLSW” or “Sailors”), the Teclas Locos Salvatruchos (“TLS”), and the Langley Park Salvatruchos (“LPS”).

In 2003, Marchante-Rivas was “jumped-in” to the gang and by 2005 he held the leadership position of “First Word” within the TLS clique in Maryland.

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