Seven MS-13 Gang Members Indicted in Nashville In Violent Crime And Drug Distribution Conspiracy

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – November 19, 2020 – A federal grand jury in Nashville returned a 16-count superseding indictment yesterday, charging seven MS-13 Gang members with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana and serious firearm-related offenses,…

MS-13 Gang Leader Charged in Shooting at Nashville’s Club Miami

NASHVILLE, TN – A criminal complaint was unsealed Nov. 6 charging the local leader of an MS-13 Gang clique with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting Assistant…

MS-13 Gang Member, Illegal Alien Who Killed 15-Year-Old New Yorker Extradited from El Salvador

ISLIP, NY – Eduardo Portillo, also known as “Firuli” and “Tito” (Portillo), a member of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the “MS-13,” and a fugitive from…

Oxon Hill El Salvadorian MS-13 Gang Member Arrested for Gun Trafficking

OXON HILL, MD – Wilber Vigil-Benitez, also known as “Solitario,” of El Salvador, was arrested today on an outstanding arrest warrant from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia,…

ICE lodges detainers on 3 defendants in Baltimore murder with ties to MS-13

BALTIMORE – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged immigration detainers on three defendants charged in the May 29 murder of 16-year-old Gabriela Ardon. In addition to being illegally present in…

Trump, Barr Crack Down Against MS-13 Gang Activity

NEW YORK, NY– Today, President Donald J. Trump and Attorney General William P. Barr announced significant cases related to Joint Task Force Vulcan (JTFV), an initiative launched in August 2019 aimed at disrupting,…

ICE San Antonio removes MS-13 gang member wanted in El Salvador

Melvin Antonio Delgado, 35, a citizen of El Salvador, was removed via an ICE Air Operations charter flight without incident. Once in El Salvador, ICE ERO officers transferred custody of Delgado to…

MS-13 member wanted for homicide arrested during 2-state enforcement efforts

An MS-13 gang member, in the country illegally and wanted in El Salvador for homicide, was arrested last week by ICE’s ERO during ongoing enforcement efforts in Michigan and Ohio targeting at-large…

ICE El Paso removes MS-13 gang member wanted in El Salvador

Jose Manuel Castro Orellana, 30, a citizen of El Salvador, was removed aboard an ICE Air Operations Charter flight without incident. Once in El Salvador, ICE ERO officers transferred custody of Castro…

MS-13 gang member implicated in 9 attempted murders sentenced to life in federal prison

Rolan Ivan Hernandez-Fuentes, a.k.a. “Tasmania,” pleaded guilty in April 2019 to conspiracy under the RICO Act. Two of his co-conspirators, Jerson Gutierrez-Ramos, a.k.a. “Sparky,” and Kevin Cruz, a.k.a. “Street Danger,” also pleaded guilty to…

ICE arrests Salvadoran MS-13 gang member accused of gang membership, aggravated homicide in his home country

Santos Ceferino Amaya-Cruz, 35, an active MS-13 gang member, has been removed from the U.S. on two prior occasions, most recently in 2017. He is the subject of an Interpol Red Notice.…

287(g) partnership in Prince William County results in ICE arrest of MS-13 member wanted in El Salvador

On Wednesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) took custody of Salvadoran national Celio Alexander Serrano Trejo, 33, after his arrest by the Prince William County, Va.,…

MS-13 gang member pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and extortion

Tomas Rivera, a/k/a Profugo, a/k/a Caballo, a/k/a Jonas Portillo Escobar pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to commit murder and extortion for his role as an MS-13 gang member, announced United…

ICE Removes Illegal MS-13 Gang Member Wanted for Murder from DeBlasio’s Sanctuary City

NEW YORK – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a Salvadoran national Thursday, wanted in her home country on aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder charges.…

Man Who Raped 8-Year-Old Virginia Girl Was Illegal Migrant Previously Deported, DHS Says

A Loudoun County judge imposed the statutory maximum sentence after a man was convicted of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl and attempting to sexually assault her again. LEESBURG, Va. — A Guatemalan…

ICE Arrests Salvadoran Fugitive Wanted for Aggravated Homicide in Woodbridge, Virginia

WOODBRIDGE, VA — A woman wanted for aggravated homicide in El Salvador is now in U.S. custody after federal immigration officers tracked her down in Northern Virginia, marking the second such arrest…

Criminal Migrants Released by D.C. Judges Killed Teen Boy, Dumped His Body in Maryland

COLLEGE PARK, MD – The brutal killing of 14-year-old Jefferson Amaya-Ayala, whose remains were found in a wooded park last November, has reignited scrutiny over local law enforcement’s handling of known gang…

Massive ICE Raid in Massachusetts Nets Over 1,000 Criminal Aliens

BOSTON, MA — In one of the largest immigration enforcement operations in recent history, federal agents apprehended more than 1,400 illegal aliens across Massachusetts during a month-long crackdown on transnational crime and…

Four Very Dangerous Criminal Illegal Aliens Swept Up in Federal Safety Sweep of Washington, D.C.

ICE arrests MS-13, 18th Street gang members and convicted kidnappers in DC crime crackdown WASHINGTON, DC — Federal immigration authorities have arrested multiple criminal illegal aliens in the nation’s capital over the…

Thirty charged in Colorado as feds dismantle violent Tren de Aragua cell linked to drug trafficking and murder-for-hire

DENVER, CO — Federal prosecutors unsealed two indictments Monday charging 30 people — including alleged leaders of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua — in a sweeping investigation targeting drug trafficking,…

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