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MS-13 Associate Convicted of Gruesome Murder; Faces Life

11/19/2025

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Iris Alonzo-Salgado, an MS-13 associate, was convicted of first-degree murder for the 2023 killing of Rosa Sánchez Merino.
She lured Sánchez Merino from New Jersey to Maryland, where her body was found four months later.
Prosecutors said Alonzo-Salgado and three others attacked Sánchez Merino in a wooded area with a machete.
Alonzo-Salgado faces two life sentences plus 25 years at sentencing on January 21.

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Iris Alonzo-Salgado, an MS-13 associate, was convicted of first-degree murder for the 2023 killing of Rosa Sánchez Merino.
She lured Sánchez Merino from New Jersey to Maryland, where her body was found four months later.
Prosecutors said Alonzo-Salgado and three others attacked Sánchez Merino in a wooded area with a machete.
Alonzo-Salgado faces two life sentences plus 25 years at sentencing on January 21.