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Five alleged MS-13 members charged in murder of New York teen near reservoir

Five alleged members of the MS-13 street gang in Maryland have been charged in the May murder of a 16-year-old New York girl, according to a report.

Baltimore County police said the five suspects lured Gabriela Alejandra Gonzalez Ardon, 16, to Loch Raven Reservoir and killed her because of her possible affiliation with a rival gang.

All five suspects — Jonathan Pesquera-Puerto, 19, Edys O. Valenzuella-Rodriguez, 20, Wualter Hernandez-Orellana, 19, Asael Ezequie Gonzalez-Merlos, 16, and Wilson Art Constanza-Galdomez, 21 — are being held without bond.

The five suspects, already housed at the Baltimore County Detention Center for other crimes, are all charged with first-degree murder as well as other related charges.

The girl had been reported missing the previous summer in her home state.