The Teens Found Mutilated By Gang In NY Park Have Been Identified

The four teenagers that were found brutally murdered in a Long Island park on Wednesday night were finally identified.

When their bodies were found at the intersection of Lowell Avenue and Clayton Street in Central Islip, they were completely mutilated. Law enforcement said one of the boys was so so badly disfigured that they could only identify him by a tattoo. 

"He had a plastic bag over his head in order to suffocate him," said Yensi Fuentes, the victim's cousin. "And from what my cousin saw, his brother saw, they were really, they had a lot of trauma done to their bodies and they were all cut up."

The victims of the crime were identified as 16-year-old Justin Llivicura, Michael Banegas, Jefferson Villalobos and Jorge Tigre, all 18.

According to police, the boys were on their way to the park to meet their friends when they were attacked by an entire group carrying machetes. The crime is allegedly linked to gang violence. 

Police believe the gang linked to this crime is gang MS-13, a gang that preys on the defenseless. They especially have an eye for immigrants.

"MS-13, part of their trademark throughout the country, not just here, is to prey on recent immigrants," said Commissioner Timothy Sini of Suffolk County Police Department. "Part of that is because many times recent immigrant families are in vulnerable positions."

We're sending our thoughts to the families affected by this heartless crime.