Keith Griffith and James Wilkinson, Daily Mail, March 2, 2017

Two illegal immigrant gang members from El Salvador who had a Satanic shrine in their Houston apartment are suspects in the killing of one teenager and the kidnapping of another, authorities said.

Gang leader Miguel Angel Alvarez-Flores, 22, who also goes by ‘Diabolico,’ and 18-year-old Diego Alexan Hernandez-Rivera appeared in Houston court Wednesday on charges of aggravated kidnapping and murder.

The M-13 gang members laughed, smiled and waved in court.

Prosecutors said the two kidnapped a 14-year-old girl after she left school around February 2, holding her in an apartment where she was raped by a gang member.

After four days, the girl said she was taken to a different apartment where six gang members lived, and Flores kept a makeshift Satanic shrine.

Authorities say she was held against her will there for two weeks, given drugs and alcohol to keep her disoriented, and sexually assaulted by some of the men.

She also said she was held down while Flores tattooed a giant grim reaper from her knee to her foot, the Houston Chronicle reported.

She told investigators that a second girl she only knew as ‘Genesis’ also was held at the apartment.

Genesis lashed out at their captors by destroying the makeshift Satanic shrine, the first victim told police.

Flores responded by sacrificing a cigarette to the gang’s shrine, but then said the ‘Beast’ required a soul sacrifice, according to the court hearing.

When the 14-year-old girl woke up the next day, Genesis was gone.

That girl was found shot dead in the head and chest on February 16, and has not yet been identified.

Police said Rivera had confessed to leading the woman to a remote area and shooting her.

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Rivera and Flores are each being held on $150,000 bond in Harris County Jail.

However, federal authorities have placed a hold on the illegal aliens, meaning they would be taken into federal custody if released on bail.

Both men have requested a court-appointed lawyer. They are scheduled to appear in court on April 18.

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