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Two [then] 15-year-old Los Angeles-area gang members pleaded guilty Thursday to murder and attempted murder charges, admitting they were acting as hired hitmen for the Sinaloa Cartel.
During two attempts to kill the cartel's target, they wounded two people and an accomplice was killed, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
According to their plea agreements, the two teenagers, then 15-year-olds Andrew "Shooter/Felon" Nunez and Johncarlo "Dumper" Quintero, are members of the Mexican Mafia-affiliated Westside Wilmas gang from the greater Los Angeles area.
They admitted they were tapped to kill the target because they were under the age of 16 at the time, which made them ineligible to be prosecuted as adults in California under a law passed in 2018. Each gang member expected to be paid approximately $50,000, prosecutors said. But they failed in two attempts.
Updated February 13, 2026
