A former high-ranking member of MS-13 pleaded guilty Tuesday in New York federal court to seven murders.
A jury found Jorge Palacios, 39, guilty of one count of first-degree murder and one count of kidnapping to commit rape.
LAPD Chief Beck said his department was reducing MS-13's reach in the city, despite President Trump's claims that California was "doing a lousy management job."
President Donald Trump visited Long Island Friday, speaking to law enforcement officials and pledging to "destroy" the violent MS-13 street gang and other similar organizations.
Nearly two dozen suspected members of the gang Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, were arrested during a sweep by federal and local law-enforcement agencies, officials said.