A 24-year-old man described as one of many high three leaders of MS-13 within the nation was arrested Thursday morning in a suburban neighborhood in Prince William County, Va., simply miles from the FBI Academy at Quantico.
Federal and state officers accuse the suspect of being an East Coast ringleader for MS-13, a violent Salvadoran transnational felony gang identified for drug trafficking, extortion and brutal killings. The suspect was taken into custody in Dale Metropolis with out incident, inside a house the place 5 kids have been reportedly current.
“America is safer today because one of the top domestic terrorists in MS-13, he is off the streets,” mentioned U.S. Lawyer Common Pam Bondi in a assertion. “This has been an ongoing directive of President Trump. His directive to me when I became Attorney General of the United States was very simple: Keep America safe!”
The arrest comes as a part of a broader statewide crackdown on transnational felony organizations, together with MS-13. The Virginia Homeland Safety Job Power, launched earlier this 12 months by the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the Jap District of Virginia, has arrested 247 people in its first three weeks. A minimum of 18 of these arrests have been linked to MS-13.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin praised the arrest and reiterated his administration’s immigration enforcement stance.
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“It’s this effort that has been enabled by the Trump Administration,” Youngkin mentioned. “President Trump said, ‘Get the bad guys.’ I’ve been working on this — literally — for the first three years of our administration with little to no help from the senior leadership in the federal government in the Biden Administration.”
Youngkin credited the duty pressure, saying it assist result in the fast arrests.
“This task force was designed in the White House … architected in a very quick period of time and stood up immediately … I cannot emphasize enough the collaboration and support and leadership out of the new administration that is so different than what we saw [under the Biden Administration],” the governor mentioned throughout a press convention.
White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt commented on the arrest of one among MS-13’s high leaders in Northern Virginia throughout a White Home press convention Thursday morning.
Leavitt mentioned that the president had been briefed and was “very proud of Attorney General Bondi and the FBI Director Kash Patel.” She referred to as the suspect “a very violent individual who was picked up in a home with five children present.”
Patel recommended regulation enforcement and the Trump administration in permitting them to do their jobs.
“This is what happens when you let good cops be cops, and we’re going to continue to let good cops be cops across this country. President Trump gave us the executive decision to go after and safeguard our communities … We are returning our communities to safety,” mentioned the FBI director.
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The president additionally praised the arrest on Fact Social, “Great job by Pam Bondi, @FBIDirectorKash, Tom HOMAN, and Kristi N, on the capture of MS-13 leader—A big deal!”
Youngkin has additionally proposed withholding state funding from native governments, limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
As of Thursday afternoon, federal officers haven’t publicly launched the suspect’s title or introduced formal expenses.
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