A former high-ranking member of MS-13 pleaded guilty Tuesday in Central Islip federal court to seven murders, including the 2016 killings in Brentwood of Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens, whose deaths drew national attention to the violent street gang’s spread into the Long Island suburbs.
Jairo Saenz pleaded guilty to racketeering and weapons charges six months after his brother, Alexi, pleaded guilty to eight murders .
“I knew what I was doing and I knew I was wrong,” Saenz told the judge. “I came to the U.S. and worked for two years. Then I went to the streets and joined the MS-13 gang.”…