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FBI agent testifies gang member confessed to killings

A Suffolk County Sheriff's Department photo of an

Photo credit: Handout, 2007 | A Suffolk County Sheriff's Department photo of an MS13 gang tattoo on a gang member.

An FBI agent testified Monday in federal court that an MS-13 gang member confessed to him about taking part in two killings, shortly after he was arrested last year.

The agent, Reynaldo Tariche, said that Carlos Ortega, 23, of Brentwood admitted in a signed confession that he was involved in 2010 in the killings of Mario Quijada, 25, of Far Rockaway, and David Sandler, 20, of Brentwood.

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