An elderly leader of the ruthless MS-13 gang was detained in Long Island for his claimed duty in virtually a lots murders, the Justice Department introducedWednesday
Joel “Momia” Vargas-Escobar was the claimed leader of the “Parkview clique” of MS-13 running out of the Las Vegas location, government district attorneys stated.
COURT POLICIES DECLARED MS-13 LEADER DETAINED BY FBI TO REMAIN CAPTIVE IN THE MEANTIME
The Department of Justice seal is seen throughout a press conference at the DOJ workplace in Washington, May 16, 2023. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Vargas-Escobar was deported to El Salvador in 2018 yet unlawfully reentered the nation and had actually gotten on the run for virtually 4 years, the DOJ stated.
An charge from the District of Nevada costs Vargas-Escobar, and various other claimed participants of the “Parkview clique,” with devoting 11 murders over concerning a year in Nevada andCalifornia The charge declares that MS-13 participants abducted targets and drove them to remote places in the hills and desert where they were hurt and eliminated.
Prosecutors claim Vargas-Escobar directly purchased a minimum of 2 of the billed murders.
Attorney General Pam Bondi talks prior to President Donald Trump at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025. ( SWIMMING POOL)
“The American people are safer following the arrest of yet another MS-13 leader thanks to the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division and Joint Task Force Vulcan,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi stated in a declaration. “This terrorist entered our country illegally and is accused of orchestrating 11 murders — under President Trump’s leadership, we will not rest until this terrorist organization is completely dismantled and its members are behind bars.”
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