According to the story in the Charlotte Observer, the 21-year-old said he had joined the gang as a young teen and took part in as many as 40 robberies, but no murders.

The young gang member decided to help police bring down his MS-13 gang in Charlotte after his mother found out what he was up to – and his brothers began to follow in his footsteps.

“I was tired of seeing my mother cry,” he told jurors on Friday.

From the witness stand at the federal courthouse in Charlotte, the 21-year-old described how he worked with police to gather details about the gang’s activities. He secretly videotaped gang meetings and drug buys. And he worried constantly, he said, that word of his cooperation would get back to the gang.

“If they knew I had spoken to police,” he said, “they would take me and my family out in a second.”

He and his family have been enrolled in the witness protection program and relocated to prevent retribution by the gang.

It is such a privilege to teach our children about the love of God through our love for them. When they are little we teach them about love as we take care of their needs and come when they call for us, as we keep them safe, and lead them to righteousness, disciplining sin and forgiving and restoring them. This is an incredible responsibility and great honor that should not be taken lightly.

I was reminded of this again when I read this story of Daphnee Plaisin and her husband Reginald Claude, who for days, combed through the rubble of their earthquake-collapsed home with their bare hands trying to reach their two year old son, Redjeson. They could hear his weakening cries and would not leave him, but kept trying to rescue him. What a picture of the love of God the Father, who at great cost to Himself, would not leave us in our sin, but died to save us. I’m sure Daphnee and Reginald would have cheerfully died to rescue their son, but thankfully, Spanish rescue workers came to their aid and Redjeson was saved in time! There is the loveliest picture of the little guy’s face when he first saw his mother and father. He looks like he is thinking, “There you are!  I knew you’d come!”  What a delight!
Here’s a little more about the heroes who rescued Redjeson.

H/T DrudgeReport