An MS-13 associate was convicted of first-degree murder last week in the savage 2023 slaying of a teenage girl who was lured from New Jersey to Maryland before her body was dumped in a freshly dug grave.<\/p>\n
The skeletal remains of\u00a0Rosa S\u00e1nchez Merino, 18, were found four months after her murder on the orders of the bloodthirsty MS-13 gang<\/a> in Olney, MD, some 200 miles from where she was taken in Elizabeth, NJ,\u00a0Fox 5 DC reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Iris Alonzo-Salgado, 24, was found guilty on Friday of first-degree murder, conspiracy and gang participation resulting in death after waiving her right to a jury during her trial at Montgomery County Circuit Court, MD.<\/p>\n Iris Alonzo-Salgado, 24, was found guilty on Friday of first-degree murder, conspiracy and gang participation resulting in death Montgomery County Department of Police<\/p>\n Alonzo-Salgado and Rivera-Delgado had taken S\u00e1nchez Merino to New Jersey to visit friends and family, according to a statement from the Montgomery County State\u2019s Attorney\u2019s Office, Patch.com<\/a> reported. <\/p>\n S\u00e1nchez Merino had known both of her killers before the murder, but no other reason was given for the killing.<\/p>\n S\u00e1nchez Merino had known both of her killers before the murder. Montgomery County Department of Police<\/p>\n The teen was lured by Alonzo-Salgado, along with three others, to a wooded area north of DC in May 2023, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n There, she was gagged and forced to kneel before her attackers stabbed her with a machete.<\/p>\n