MS-13 Gang Member Charged With Shooting Spree Was Booted From US Years Earlier, ICE Confirms

Federal 🛂Immigration authorities confirmed that an MS-13 gang member charged in a shooting spree in Mississippi last week is an illegal migrant who has been previously deported from the U.S.

Fredy Antonio Amaya-Marin is a 39-year-old Salvadoran national living in the U.S. illegally, an 🛂Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesperson confirmed to the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation on Thursday. The Philadelphia Police Department in Philadelphia, Mississippi, arrested Amaya-Marin on Aug. 24 for allegedly shooting at approximately 15 vehicles and charged him with attempted murder.

Multiple shootings targeting vehicles passing through a road in Philadelphia occurred over the course of several days last week, according to WLBT3. Authorities eventually apprehended a man who identified himself as Jonathan Salvador, who allegedly fired at passing cars on Friday near his home with no discernible motive.

After administering a biometric screening, authorities determined this man to be Amaya-Marin, and discovered he had been deported from the country before unlawfully returning, according to ICE.

Border Patrol agents first encountered Amaya-Marin on July 2, 2007 near Hebbronville, Texas, after he unlawfully crossed into the country, according to ICE. He was placed into the agency’s custody and removed by Enforcement and Removal Operations several days later.