{"id":272419,"date":"2026-06-20T01:47:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T01:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/272419\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T01:47:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T01:47:24","slug":"fifth-ms-13-gang-member-sentenced-for-cold-blooded-murder-of-rival-on-7-train-platform-in-jackson-heights-feds-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/272419\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifth MS-13 gang member sentenced for cold-blooded murder of rival on 7 train platform in Jackson Heights: Feds \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Queens MS-13 gang member was sentenced to more than three decades in federal prison for his role in the murder<\/a> of a man on a crowded Jackson Heights<\/a> subway platform in 2019. <\/p>\n

Victor Lopez<\/a>, 27, of Flushing<\/a>, an El Salvadoran national known on the streets as \u201cCurioso,\u201d pleaded guilty in February 2025 to racketeering and causing the death of Abel Mosso through the use of a firearm in the 90th Street\u2013Elmhurst Avenue 7 train station. Lopez is the fifth defendant convicted of Mosso\u2019s murder to be sentenced, and he has consented to be deported upon completion of his term of imprisonment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe defendant is deservedly punished for participating in a targeted killing of a perceived gang rival that was carried out in broad daylight on a subway platform, which also endangered the lives of numerous bystanders going about their business,\u201d U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella said. \u201cIt is a priority of the Administration and our Office to eradicate local and transnational gangs that operate with no regard for human life. The substantial prison sentences imposed on the defendants responsible for this brutal murder makes our communities safer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\"MS-13MS-13 gang member Victor Lopez was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for participating in the 2019 cold-blooded murder of Abel Mosso on a 7 train platform in Jackson Heights. Courtesy of U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, Eastern District of New York\n<\/p>\n

On the afternoon of Feb. 3, 2019, Lopez and fellow MS-13 gang members Ramiro Gutierrez, 33, of Flushing; Tito Martinez-Alvarenga, 26, of Flushing; Emerson Martinez-Lara, 27 of College Point<\/a>; and Ismael Santos-Novoa, 37, of Flushing went to the Flushing-Main Street subway station to locate and kill Mosso, whom they believed to be a member of the rival 18th Street gang. Lopez, Gutierrez, and Martinez-Alvarenga followed Mosso onto a Manhattan-bound 7 train, while Santos-Novoa and Martines-Lara acted as lookouts for police. On the train, Lopez and Martinez-Alvarenga assaulted Mosso and then dragged him onto the platform at the 90th Street station above Roosevelt Avenue. Lopez pulled out a gun, but Mosso wrestled it away. When a crowd of people gathered around and tried to help Mosso, one of the defendants shouted in Spanish, \u201cNobody get involved, we\u2019re MS-13, we\u2019re going to kill him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gutierrez grabbed the firearm from Mosso and shot him multiple times in the head, killing him. Later, Lopez burned the clothing he was wearing during the attack to avoid detection by law enforcement.<\/p>\n

Lopez was sentenced to 35 years in prison on June 9 by U.S. District Judge LaShann DeArcy in Brooklyn federal court.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe defendant, who is a member of the notorious MS-13 crew, participated in the cold-blooded murder of a rival on a crowded subway platform in Queens,\u201d NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. \u201cToday\u2019s sentencing decision reflects the ongoing efforts of NYPD investigators to take down violent gangs, remove guns from our streets, and keep communities safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TheThe U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District has secured convictions against hundreds of MS-13 members on federal felony charges since 2003. Photos courtesy of EDNY<\/p>\n

Four defendants were previously sentenced for their participation in Mosso\u2019s murder as well as other crimes on behalf of MS-13. Gutierrez and Martinez-Alvarenga were sentenced to 55 years and 48 years in prison, respectively, for the Mosso murder, as well as the murder<\/a> of Victor Alvarenga in 2018. Santos-Novoa was sentenced to 24 years in prison for his role as a lookout in Mosso\u2019s killing, the nonfatal shooting of another victim, and other murder conspiracies. Matinez-Lara was sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role as a lookout in Mosso\u2019s murder and other murder conspiracies.<\/p>\n

\u201cFew acts demonstrate more brazen depravity than an execution-style ambush carried out in front of terrified commuters on a crowded subway platform, with these MS-13 members openly announcing their intent to kill,\u201d Pete Gizas, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, New York, said. \u201cThis cold-blooded murder was designed to send a message of fear to the public and to show that the gang believed it could act with impunity. Thanks to the relentless work of HSI New York and our law enforcement partners, these ruthless offenders are off the streets, our communities are safer, and we will continue to pursue any MS-13 member who threatens the people of this district.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Queens MS-13 gang member was sentenced to more than three decades in federal prison for his role…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[104989,128,310,32574,104990,25422,259,9,24,63,13060,104991,129,131,130,104992,104993],"class_list":["post-272419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-abel-mosso","tag-bronx","tag-daily-newsletter","tag-homeland-security-investigations","tag-ismael-santos-novoa","tag-ms-13","tag-murder","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd-commissioner-jessica-tisch","tag-ramiro-gutierrez","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-tito-martinez-alvarenga","tag-victor-lopez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}