Barr directs prosecutors to seek death penalty in case of alleged MS-13 gang member

NEW YORK – The U.S. attorney general has directed Brooklyn prosecutors to seek the death penalty in the case of an alleged MS-13 gang member charged in the murders of two teenage girls and five other people, authorities said. Alexi Saenz, 25, the accused head of the Brentwood Sailors clique, is charged in the September 2016 murders of Brentwood High School students Kayla Cuevas, 16, and Nisa …