U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations says their agents arrested a high-ranking member of the MS-13 gang, who was hiding in Omaha.
They say the suspect, whose name was not released, was listed among El Salvador’s top 100 most wanted fugitives.
ICE says the Salvadoran national is a criminal alien wanted in El Salvador for the aggravated homicide of five victims; attempted aggravated homicide; deprivation of liberty; and terrorist organization affiliation.
The agency says the criminal alien was arrested alongside an MS-13 associate, who was also in the United States illegally.
The two suspects lived in the same residence.
The associate, 30-year -old Rene Saul Escobar Ochoa, is a criminal alien, known MS-13 gang member, and foreign terrorist also wanted in El Salvador.
Escobar Ochoa is accused of giving orders to fellow gang members to commit a variety of crimes, including multiple homicides, extortion, imprisonment and drug trafficking.
Investigators say both were arrested without incident in a targeted enforcement action.
(Picture from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
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