Juan Gil Ferrufino, Mario Portillo and German DeLeon

Juan (left), Mario (center), and German (right)

Real Names: Juan Gil Ferrufino, Mario Portillo and German DeLeon
Aliases: No Known Aliases
Wanted For: Murder
Missing Since: January 14, 1999

Case

Details: On January 14, 1999, Pam Corrente was running errands in her quiet neighborhood of Freeport, New York, when she passed what appeared to be a terrible traffic accident, but upon returning home, she received a strange call concerning her oldest son, 21 year old Damien. The caller asked for him, but Pam said he wasn't there and then the person hung up, and Pam felt something was strange so she tried to find out where Damien was. She tried to page him, but he didn't respond, and Pam then remembered the accident and called several hospitals. She found that Damien was at South Nassau Hospital and she rushed there and found that Damien had been involved in what she had seen before, but it was no accident; Damien had been killed in a gang shooting. In the weeks leading up to his death, Damien had returned home during winter break and rekindled friendships from high school. One of those friends was Harold Zambrano, a member of a local street gang who had been jumped by members of a rival gang known as "MS-13" two days earlier. Harold and Damien, who was not involved in any gangs, to drive him around to find the men who had attacked him. At a local strip mall, Harold found the man he was looking for, 19 year old German DeLeon, and Harold confronted him, but he said he didn't want to be trouble because he was with his girfriend. However, when two more MS-13 gang members arrived, a deadly shootout commenced. Harold was shot in the neck and critically injured, and Damien was fatally shot five times in the head. A police investigation soon identified the shooters: DeLeon, along with two other gang members named Juan Gil Ferrufino and Mario Portillo, but they could not be found. In the midst of almost paralzying grief, Pam attended a police form on gangs held at a Freeport school in reaction of Damien's murder. During the meeting, Pam had an epiphany: she would lead a charge to get rid of gangs in their neighborhood, and she along with the Freeport police formed G.A.S.P.- the Gang Awareness Supression Program- to bring gang awareness to public schools and provide alternative activites for kids. Since Pam founded G.A.S.P., not one person has died in Freeport from gang violence, but this will never take away the pain of losing her son. Pam believes she will be able to move on once Ferrufino, Portillo, and DeLeon are captured. Police traced them to El Salvador, but they may have returned to the United States and may be hiding out in Los Angeles or Miami. All three men have brown hair and brown eyes. Both Ferrufino and Portillo are 30 years old and stand 5'7 and have multiple tattoos on their chest. DeLeon is now 32 years old and is 5'6 and has many tattoos on his chest and shoulder. They are still at large.
Extra Notes: This segment originally aired on the September 3, 2002 episode of Unsolved Mysteries .
Results: Wanted
Links: None

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