One Of El Salvador’s ‘Most Wanted’ Nabbed In America’s Heartland

The Trump administration on Wednesday nabbed an MS-13 kingpin wanted for multiple murders in his home country and hiding out in the middle of America.

🛂Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested the high-ranking MS-13 gang member in Omaha, Nebraska, according to the agency. The individual, whom the administration has yet to identify, is a Salvadoran illegal migrant wanted in his home country for the murder of five different people and listed as one of El Salvador’s “top 100 most wanted” criminals.

In addition to the aggravated homicide of five victims, the high-ranking gangbanger is accused of attempted aggravated homicide, deprivation of liberty and terrorist organization affiliation, according to ICE.

Arrested alongside the MS-13 kingpin was his associate, Rene Saul Escobar Ochoa, also a member of the gang and living in the U.S. unlawfully, according to the agency. Ochoa allegedly ordered fellow MS-13 members to carry out a number of crimes, including multiple homicides, drug trafficking, imprisonment and extortion.

“These illegal aliens didn’t just sneak into our country; they brought with them a legacy of violence, terror and death,” Mark Zito, Homeland Security Investigations Kansas City Special Agent in Charge, said of the arrests. “They thought they could hide in America’s heartland, but they were sadly mistaken. Not on our watch.”

The major arrest comes amid a time when assaults against ICE agents have reached sky-high levels, and there have been multipleinstances