On March 6, 2025, federal and state law enforcement officials announced indictments and the arrests of three MS‑13 members who are charged in a brutal 2014–15 homicide in Broward County and who are part of a multi‑year racketeering investigation, officials said.

Sheriff Gregory Tony introduced the partners at a Fort Lauderdale press conference and urged the community to remember that “justice doesn’t have an expiration date,” saying investigators in Broward County reopened the matter after launching a cold‑case unit in February 2019.

The indictments, returned March 6, charge three defendants with violent crimes in aid of racketeering (VICAR) in connection with one of four homicides the investigation tied to the same MS‑13 clique, officials said. Attorney General Pamela Bondi said the three arrested defendants are charged with first‑degree murder and that prosecutors will “be reviewing them to see if we will seek the death penalty.” Bondi also expressed sympathy to victims’ families: “We’re so sorry.”

Officials gave names and arrest locations in their remarks. According to the announcement, Grama Maravila was located and arrested in Lake County, Florida; Bermudez Martinez was apprehended in Minnesota; and Navarro Martinez was arrested in North Lauderdale. Bondi described the 2014–15 killing at issue as a “brutal” homicide in which the victim was stabbed more than 100 times and later shot.

An FBI official at the event described MS‑13 as “a violent international criminal organization” and said the three March 6 indictments “represent the last of nine subjects believed to be involved in four homicides” tied to the investigation. Officials said that, within the last six months, five MS‑13 members have pleaded guilty and one has been convicted at trial; at least one convicted defendant is facing a life sentence.

Law enforcement credited a multi‑agency investigation that included the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office, Customs and Border Protection, Homeland Security Investigations, the Florida Department of Corrections, Naval Criminal Investigative Service and international partners in El Salvador and Mexico.

Bondi and other speakers emphasized coordination across local, state and federal agencies and encouraged anyone with information about gang activity in South Florida to come forward. “This information is vital to our ability to keep the South Florida community safe,” an FBI official said.

The indictments filed March 6 are pending in federal court. Officials said additional arrests are expected but did not provide a timetable. Bondi and other speakers repeatedly framed the case as part of a larger effort to dismantle violent gang activity and to hold perpetrators accountable regardless of how long ago crimes occurred.

Prosecutions remain pending and no guilty verdicts were announced at the press conference. Several reporters asked about other, unrelated national‑security investigations and about recent litigation involving deportation flights; Bondi responded that matters not referred to her office remain under interagency review or in the courts.

The announcement closes a multi‑year investigative effort in South Florida; prosecutors said the work of cold‑case detectives and interagency cooperation produced the indictments now moving through the federal system.