Back to today’s briefing

Story perspectives

MS-13 Trial: Three Charged in 11 Murders, Chilling Details Emerge

4/1/2026

42 8 Full Breakdown

Summary

Story summary

Three alleged MS-13 members, Joel Vargas-Escobar, David Arturo Perez-Manchame, and Jose Luis Reynaldo Reyes-Castillo, are on trial in Las Vegas for a murder spree that killed 11 people between 2017 and 2018.
Prosecutors say the victims were hunted to raise the gang's status.
Izaak Towery was stabbed 235 times.
Arquimidez Sandoval-Martinez was bound, hacked with a machete, and shot.
The defense warns about cooperating witnesses.

1 of 1

Story summary

Three alleged MS-13 members, Joel Vargas-Escobar, David Arturo Perez-Manchame, and Jose Luis Reynaldo Reyes-Castillo, are on trial in Las Vegas for a murder spree that killed 11 people between 2017 and 2018.
Prosecutors say the victims were hunted to raise the gang's status.
Izaak Towery was stabbed 235 times.
Arquimidez Sandoval-Martinez was bound, hacked with a machete, and shot.
The defense warns about cooperating witnesses.