Edis Omar Valenzuela-Rodriguez/Honduras/Racketeering Conspiracy, Murder in Aid of Racketeering

Edis Omar Valenzuela‑Rodriguez, 24, of Honduras and known as “Little Felon,” was convicted by a federal jury in Maryland for his role as an MS‑13 member in a violent racketeering enterprise. On September 19, jurors found him guilty of racketeering conspiracy involving murders and attempted murders, and of murder in aid of racketeering for two separate killings in 2020.​

Evidence showed that Valenzuela‑Rodriguez joined other MS‑13 members in luring 16‑year‑old Gabriela Ardon and 18‑year‑old Michelle Tenezaca to remote locations in Baltimore County and Baltimore City, where they were attacked with knives and a machete and stabbed repeatedly. Like his co‑defendants, he faces a mandatory life term in federal prison.