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Gang member testimony links MS-13 to 2 killings

Leaders of the MS-13 gang Heriberto Martinez, left,

Photo credit: Handout | Leaders of the MS-13 gang Heriberto Martinez, left, and Carlos Ortega, right, are scheduled to go on trial in federal court in Central Islip.

A member of the MS-13 street gang who is cooperating with prosecutors on Monday linked two leaders of the group to two slayings, including the killing of a security guard at a Hempstead bar who tried to collect a tab for a few beers from gang members.

Santos Joel Calderon, 20, of Far Rockaway, testified in federal court in Central Islip that a friend of several gang members, including a Brentwood...

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