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Edwin Chavez-Garay and Jairo Diaz-Gamez

Federal racketeering case alleging offenses tied to two killings and MS-13 activity.

Charged · allegations
last updated 24 August 2026 · 2 sources
Confirmed facts
10
Open questions
4
Defendants
2
Docket
25-CR-209
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Case file Edwin Chavez-Garay and Jairo Diaz-Gamez, reference D C zero one five five. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, Miguel Garcia-Moran, a fifteen-year-old boy, was killed in a wooded area in Brentwood, New York, on February nineteenth, twenty sixteen, in conduct charged in the superseding indictment. The office said remains found later in Brentwood were identified as his. The U.S. Attorney’s Office also alleged Carlos Lemus Interiano, of Huntington, New York, was killed in a wooded area in Fort Washington, Maryland, on August nineteenth, twenty twenty-three. According to a Justice Department detention letter, on July thirtieth, twenty twenty-six, a federal grand jury returned a second superseding indictment charging Edwin Chavez-Garay and Jairo Diaz-Gamez with racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, and violent-crime-in-aid-of-racketeering offenses. The charges are allegations. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said both men were arraigned on August fourth and ordered detained pending trial. Open questions include whether a trial date has been set, whether either defendant has entered a plea, whether the government will seek the death penalty, and the current status of six previously charged co-defendants. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero one five five at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed10 entries
19 February 2016
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York alleged that Miguel Garcia-Moran, a 15-year-old boy, was killed in a wooded area in Brentwood, New York, in conduct charged in the superseding indictment.
DOJ EDNY press release
21 September 2016
The U.S. Attorney's Office said FBI and Suffolk County Police Department members located skeletal remains in Brentwood that were later identified as Miguel Garcia-Moran's remains.
DOJ EDNY press release
19 August 2023
The U.S. Attorney's Office alleged that Carlos Lemus Interiano, a Huntington, New York, resident, was killed in a wooded area in Fort Washington, Maryland, in conduct charged in the superseding indictment.
DOJ EDNY press release
3 March 2025
A DOJ detention letter said Carlos Lopez-Lopez was killed after an attack at a beach in Blue Point, New York, and that three defendants in the same case had already been charged with that murder.
DOJ EDNY detention letter
12 May 2026
A DOJ detention letter said Jairo Diaz-Gamez was charged by complaint with illegally reentering the United States.
DOJ EDNY detention letter
9 June 2026
A DOJ detention letter said a federal grand jury returned an indictment related to the illegal-reentry charge against Jairo Diaz-Gamez.
DOJ EDNY detention letter
10 July 2026
A DOJ detention letter said Edwin Chavez-Garay was charged by complaint in the Eastern District of New York with VICAR murder conspiracy and had been detained since that date.
DOJ EDNY detention letter
30 July 2026
A federal grand jury returned a second superseding indictment charging Edwin Chavez-Garay and Jairo Diaz-Gamez with racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, and violent-crime-in-aid-of-racketeering offenses; the charges are allegations.
DOJ EDNY detention letter
3 August 2026
The government asked the court to enter permanent detention orders for Edwin Chavez-Garay and Jairo Diaz-Gamez.
DOJ EDNY detention letter
4 August 2026
Edwin Chavez-Garay and Jairo Diaz-Gamez were arraigned in federal court in Central Islip on the second superseding indictment, and U.S. Magistrate Judge Anne Y. Shields ordered both detained pending trial; the DOJ stated the charges are allegations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
DOJ EDNY press release
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
Has a trial date been set?unconfirmed in the trusted sources reviewed · unconfirmed
Have either of the defendants entered pleas to the second superseding indictment?unconfirmed in the trusted sources reviewed · unconfirmed
Will the government seek the death penalty in this case?DOJ reported only the possibility if convicted · unconfirmed
What is the current status of the six previously charged co-defendants named in the superseding indictment?not fully detailed in the trusted sources reviewed · unconfirmed
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