The 1,216-Year Sentence: Cristian Alexander Vigil Campos & MS-13’s Eastern Killings
In April 2023, a Salvadoran court sentenced Cristian Alexander Vigil Campos—alias Petra, a homeboy of MS-13’s Los Ángeles clique—to 1,216 years in prison for his role in 27 aggravated murders, conspiracies, and attempted killings across Usulután and San Miguel.
Host Alexander Lawson examines the Shulton program’s reign of terror in eastern El Salvador from 2002 to 2019, the network of gang members and corrupt officials who enabled it, and the landmark convictions that followed the 2020 mass arrests.
A story of extreme sentences, vanished victims, and a country fighting to reclaim control from…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.