Agents Arrested MS-13 Gang Members Near Falfurrias
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
EDINBURG (News Release) - Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector (RGV) agents arrested two Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members, one of them was previously convicted of murder.
Saturday morning, McAllen Border Patrol Station agents working near Mission, Texas, apprehended a group of migrants after they illegally entered the United States. Among the group was a 44 year old male from El Salvador who is a confirmed MS-13 gang member. Record checks also revealed he was convicted of murder in 1996 by a California court and sentenced to three years’ incarceration. The same year, he was convicted of accessory to a felony and sentenced to three years’ confinement. In 2005, he was sentenced to 71 months’ imprisonment for re-entry of a deported alien.
Falfurrias Border Patrol Station agents working near Falfurrias, Texas, apprehended a group of seven migrants after they illegally entered the United States. Among the group was a Honduran national, whose criminal record checks revealed he is a confirmed MS-13 gang member and was previously removed from the United States.
U.S. Border Patrol has arrested 8,531 criminal migrants this fiscal year. RGV agents apprehended more than 1,700 of those migrants.
