Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly announced today that Luis Alejandro Varela, age 24, of Mineola, was sentenced to 21 years to life in prison and 27-year-old William Reyes-Fuentes, of Uniondale, was sentedced to 20 years to life in prison for the murder of Carlos Rivas-Majano.
Varela and Reyes-Fuentes pleaded guilty to second-degree conspiracy in June.
"MS-13 members Luis Alejandro Varlea and William Reyes-Fuentes participated in one of the most violent murders this country has ever seen," Donnelly said. "The defendants and their co-conspirators mercilessly hacked Carlos Rivas-Majano to death and left his body in a nearly inaccessible place near the Meadowbrook Parkway.