Four men — including a suspected MS-13 member — have been charged in connection with the death of a Queens woman whose body was discovered wrapped in a bag in the trunk of a car, according to authorities.
The grisly case is part of a long-term probe into the notorious gang’s activity in the borough, according to cops and police sources.
Allan Lopez, 22 — identified as the MS-13 member — and cohorts Jose Sarmiento, 21, and Rigel Yohairo, 20, were arrested Thursday and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection to the death of Nazareth Claure, 31, authorities said. Lopez also faces a drug-possession charge.
Rodolfo Lopez, 26, was charged with concealment of a human corpse and tampering with physical evidence, according to cops.
Officers spotted the men around 1:50 a.m. Wednesday walking out of a home on Foam Place near Central Avenue in Far Rockaway carrying a large, unknown object and putting it into the trunk, police said.
The officers followed the car and stopped it on the Nassau Expressway at Bayview Avenue on Long Island.
That’s when they made the discovery of a woman’s body — with severe trauma — in the trunk, according to cops and police sources.
The woman, later identified as Claure, was pronounced dead on scene.
The home on Foam Place had been under surveillance by Homeland Security Investigations for alleged ties to MS-13, a police source said.
A spokeswoman for Homeland Security Investigations New York confirmed Wednesday that the arrests were “pursuant to a long-term investigation into certain acts of violence in the Queens, New York area.”