An MS-13 kingpin has been arrested in Virginia, the Trump administration revealed.
The 24-year-old suspect was apprehended in Woodbridge, south of Washington, D.C on Thursday, Fox reports.
The authorities have not released his name, but said he is one of three top bosses for the bloodthirsty MS-13 gang.
‘Just captured a major leader of MS13. Tom HOMAN is a superstar!’ President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social of his border czar.
The suspect is believed to be a captain of the East Coast for the notorious international crime gang.
Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel oversaw the operation, which was a joint endeavor between the Prince William County Police Department, ATF, ICE and the Virginia State Police.
‘They executed a clean, safe operation and the bad guys in custody,’ Bondi told Fox following the arrest.
‘And thanks to the FBI, we got one of the worst of the worst of the MS-13 off the streets this morning. Virginia and the country is a lot safer today.’
An MS-13 kingpin has been arrested in Virginia , the Trump administration revealed. Pictured: Inmates at the Counter-Terrorism Confinement Centre (CECOT) mega-prison, where hundreds of members of the MS-13 are being held in El Salvador
Attorney General Pam Bondi (pictured) and FBI Director Kash Patel oversaw the operation
MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, was one of eight Latin American criminal organizations declared foreign terrorist organizations by the US government last month.
The gang was formed by Salvadoran immigrants who arrived in the US after fleeing their home country due to civil war.
‘The gang is well-organized and is heavily involved in lucrative illegal enterprises, being notorious for its use of violence to achieve its objectives,’ the Department of Justice states in its description of the gang.
The latest arrest comes after another alleged senior MS-13 leader, Francisco Javier Román Bardales, was apprehended by Mexican authorities earlier this month.
He faces charges related to violent crime, drug distribution and extortion in the Eastern District of New York.
His arrest came just weeks after Mexico handed over 29 drug cartel figures, including drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985.
The acting head of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, Derek Maltz, reportedly provided the White House with a list of nearly 30 Mexican targets wanted in the US on criminal charges.
Meanwhile El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has agreed to accept Salvadoran MS-13 gang members who unlawfully entered the US as part of President Trump’s mass deportation plan.
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