They were crimes which shook the Central Coast. Now, five gang members convicted of a string of brutal murders on the Central Coast will spend the rest of their lives in prison.
The five are members of the notorious street gang MS-13. Gang members are blamed for nine killings, and more than a dozen other murder attempts in 2015 and 2016 in the Santa Maria area. Some of the victims were as young as 17 years old.
All five gang members were convicted of multiple charges, with most receiving sentences of 300 years to life or more.
Three more members of the gang are still currently on trial in Santa Barbara.
