Ariela La Langosta died in a carjacking incident last year.July 20, 2026, 10:48 AMA dozen purported members of the Bad Boys 7, a set of the Trinitarios, were indicted Monday on racketeering conspiracy charges that accused them of five murders, including the carjacking death last August of Ariela La Langosta, a nightlife influencer with more than half a million followers on Instagram.She was shot multiple times and found dead in her car on the Cross County Parkway in Mount Vernon.La Langosta, 33, whose real name was Ariela Mejia-Polanco, was a mother of two.Her family said she left her job at Ikon New York around 4:30 that Sunday morning. The Westchester County Police Department said she was found deceased a few hours later, about 8 a.m., behind the wheel of her car on the eastbound Cross County Parkway near the Broad Street exit in Mount Vernon.Stock photo of a crime scene.Goroden Koff/Adobe StockPopular Reads
Purported gang members charged in social media influencer's killing
A dozen purported members of the Bad Boys 7 were indicted on racketeering conspiracy charges that accused them of five murders, including the death of Ariela La Langosta.







