# MS-13 member gets 55 years for Long Island park killings
A member of MS-13 was sentenced to 55 years in prison on 2025-05-08 for his role in the brutal killings of four young men and a 16-year-old boy in a Long Island park, according to the supplied report.
The sentence went to Omar Antonio Villalta, 29, who was identified in the source as "Anticristo". Prosecutors said he was the sixth person sentenced in connection with the April 11, 2017 murders of Michael Lopez, 20, Jorge Tigre and Jefferson Villalobos, both 18, and Justin Llivicura, who was 16.
The evidence excerpt describes the case as a gang execution carried out after victims were lured to a wooded area in Central Islip. According to the report, members of the gang believed the victims were rivals. The article says two female associates helped draw the victims to the park, where knives and machetes were distributed and the group attacked under cover of darkness. One person escaped, while the others were beaten and hacked to death.
Villalta had pleaded guilty in May 2023 to racketeering, including predicate acts of murder and conspiracy to murder rival gang members, the source says. Prosecutors also said he was involved in a separate July 2017 killing in Virginia, though the sentencing report did not detail a separate punishment for that episode in the excerpt provided.
The broader significance of the sentence lies in how long the prosecution has remained active. More than a dozen MS-13 members and associates were charged in the Long Island case, and the excerpt notes that several other defendants had already received lengthy prison terms. Among them were Josue Portillo at 55 years, Freiry Martinez and Leniz Escobar at 50 years each, Anderson Sanchez at 32 years and Alexis Hernandez at 29 years.
Law enforcement officials portrayed the case as part of a wider effort to dismantle MS-13’s violent network. The supplied report quotes officials describing Villalta’s actions as savage and saying the group showed utter disregard for life. It also says prosecutors argued that the gang targeted victims they perceived as disrespectful or as rivals, then used extreme violence to enforce its code.
The evidence packet is sufficient to support the core sentencing news but not every detail of the underlying investigation. This article therefore sticks to the facts directly supported by the report: the sentence, the 2017 murders, the identified victims, the guilty plea, and the earlier sentences in the same case.
The event date for the sentencing is 2025-05-08.
