Witness Tells Court About Gang Rape in MS-13 Trial

washingtonpost.com ^ | September 29, 2006 | Ruben Castaneda

[Boston Blackie]

The petite young woman was a 16-year-old Laurel High School student three years ago when she decided to skip classes one day to join two other girls at a party at a Hyattsville apartment.

At the party, she said, Oscar Ramos "Casper" Velasquez took her into a bedroom, where he kissed her and told her that if she didn't have sex with him, as many as 15 other teenagers and young men at the gathering would have sex with her.

When she resisted, two more young men entered the room, the woman told jurors yesterday in federal court. One man threw her on the bed and choked her, the other held down her arms and "Oscar pulled out a gun," she testified.

[Elyse]

and I don't think underage kids should be able to get it, just adults

Yes, there certainly aren't enough legal mind altering drugs for adults. We need to legalize some more.

[Elyse]

no one's ever died from doing it, except bags of doritos

No one has ever died from doing it? Do I need to google some DUI statistics for you? Or do you seriously believe that pot does not impair a persons mental and physical capacities?

[Lurker]

My son knows in his bones what the consequences will be if I or Mrs. L catch him using illegal substances.

I'm as anti-WO(s)D as anyone but I will not I repeat will not tolerate him poisoning his body and mind with that crap.

The only thing that will beat him to the hospital will be the headlights of the ambulance carrying him.

L

[stephenjohnbanker]

Hey, boston blackie! How ya doin?

Best regards,

SJB

[HiTech RedNeck]

MS is meanness personified; this kind of event, a garden variety gang rape, is barely impish mischief to them.

[Razz Barry]

During nearly three hours on the witness stand, the woman, a Salvadoran immigrant, maintained her poise as she testified through a translator. She did not appear to look at Velasquez, seated about 20 feet away.

Dollar to a donut she's illegal. I guess the illegal gang members are raping the illegals Americans won't rape. This is a good example of why legal immigrants should be against illegal immigration. They've gone the legal route to escape this sort of violence only to have it follow them through illegal immigration.

[Boston Blackie]

Why can't we get the death penalty for rape? This is not a rhetorical question. It astounds me that that rapists are allowed to remain alive, especially those who sexually abuse small children.

Then...there would be no deterrent not to kill the rape victim. Why would the rapist let a potential witness live?

[GladesGuru]

Given their motto, and the mafia type group imposed silence required of it's members, it would appear that any and all members could be considered as a party to all crimes committed by MS-13.

Thus, one could make a case that any identified member could be tried under RICO, convicted, and executed.