Human remains discovered at park in Long Island, New York
Law enforcement authorities descend on marsh where human remains were found.
An FBI task force in New York City's Long Island suburbs, targeting the MS-13 street gang, found a third body Saturday as part of a search for victims of gang-related violence that began two weeks ago.
The remains were found in a heavily-wooded area near Nassau County’s Meadowbrook Parkway in Merrick, according to reports.
“There’s no information to suggest this was a random act,” FBI agent Michael Osborn said, according to Newsday. “We believe it was gang-related.”
The remains were found three miles away from where the FBI found the body of a possible MS-13 victim in a 432-acre park in Freeport on Wednesday, the Long Island Herald news weekly reported Saturday.
In March, Nassau police found the body of Cesar Gonzales-Espantzay, 19, in the park, according to reports. Police say he had been stabbed and shot by MS-13 gang members seeking to improve their status in the gang.
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On Oct. 19, the FBI task went to a wooded area in Roosevelt and found the body of 16-year-old Eric Soler, whom authorities believe was killed by MS-13 members, Newsday reported, citing sources.
A tip from the federal Department of Homeland Security led the FBI to that spot, according to reports.
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Soler, a student at Freeport High School, had been missing for three months.
NBC New York reported Thursday that six young people with known connections to MS-13 and other gangs are missing in Nassau County.
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