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'MS-13 associate' pays gang $100 to have sex with trafficked 14-year-old girl. By Kevin Lewis. 11 January 2019. ABC7.

WHEATON, Md. (ABC7) — On Monday, an alleged MS-13 associate is scheduled to be tried in Montgomery County Circuit Court for reportedly paying to have sex with a 14-year-old girl, and then blackmailing the teen with compromising video he took of her.

According to court documents obtained by ABC7, the girl was a human trafficking victim within the ‘Pinos Locos’ clique of MS-13, which made the suburban town of Wheaton its hub for illegal dealings.

Detectives explain the girl worked as a cocktail waitress at Lilly’s Restaurant in downtown Wheaton. Her primary duty there was to “conduct cocaine and marijuana sales, and serve alcohol to customers,” a high-ranking MS-13 member would ultimately tell detectives in exchange for more favorable treatment. “A lot of money was made for her services.”

In one instance, the girl attempted to quit. She was later summoned to a home along Valley View Avenue in Kensington and beaten in the backyard with a baseball bat. The girl recalled more than 25 excruciating blows to her body. Such attacks were used as a form of “motivation” to keep girls in line, the same high-ranking MS-13 member explained.

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One evening in August 2017, the teenage victim, fellow cocktail waitresses and MS-13 members walked a few blocks from Lilly’s Restaurant to Umberto’s Night Club to enjoy some music and dancing. The victim recalled MS-13 member Willian Benavides-Pena coerce her to flirt with an older-looking man named Felix. As the night winded down, Benavides-Pena ordered the victim go home with Felix.

“I know you don’t want to do it, but I need this, this man has a lot of money and I need you to do me a favor,” the victim recalled Benavides-Pena tell her, knowing full well she was being pawned in exchange for drugs and/or cash.

The victim told police she got into a taxi with Felix, strictly due to fear of otherwise getting beaten again with a baseball bat. The cab dropped the duo off at a home along Bluhill Road, directly across the street from Wheaton High School (emphasis added).

According to the victim, Felix led her into a basement bedroom where she told him she was only 14-years-old. Yet, Felix reportedly told the teen to “just get comfortable” and then had sexual intercourse with her.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed Silva-Zuniga is living in the country illegally. Following his arrest in Montgomery County, ICE filed a deportation detainer against the Honduran native, labeling him as an “known associate of MS-13.” [Emphasis added].

Silva-Zuniga faces up to 47 years in prison for seven criminal counts including sexual solicitation of a minor, child pornography-filming sex act, prurient intent and possession of child pornography.

During his three-day trial, which is scheduled to begin Monday, prosecutors plan to call the victim's ex-boyfriend to the stand to testify how Silva-Zuniga showed him the sex tape, which reportedly captured the victim's face and tattoos.

Defense attorney Kathleen Dolan, who is representing the 52-year-old, declined comment when reached by telephone Thursday evening (emphasis added).

Investigators, however, underscore that the 14-year-old victim’s case is merely one piece to the MS-13 puzzle both within Montgomery County and the Washington, D.C. area as a whole. During a now years-long probe, Montgomery County authorities have identified more than 90 MS-13 members and associates responsible for crimes including murder, kidnapping, assault, robbery, burglary and theft.