BUSTED! Most-wanted MS-13 kingpin hiding in America’s heartland CAPTURED, was admitted into US by Biden admin

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A notorious MS-13 gang leader wanted for five murders in El Salvador was just arrested by ICE agents Wednesday in Omaha, Nebraska.

The high-ranking gang leader has since been identified as Melvin Alejandro Varela Perez, who has been on El Salvador’s most-wanted list since 2016.  He reportedly crossed the border during the Biden administration, and was turned loose into the country.

From ICE.gov: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations arrested a high-ranking member of the violent MS-13 gang who was listed among El Salvador’s top 100 most wanted fugitives July 9.

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 criminal alien was apprehended alongside an MS-13 associate he was residing with and who was also in the United States illegally.

His associate, Rene Saul Escobar Ochoa, 30, 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.

Both individuals were arrested without incident in a targeted enforcement action. They had embedded themselves in the Omaha area, where they posed severe threats to the local community’s safety.

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

Fox News reporter Bill Melugin announced Wednesday: 

Early this morning in the Omaha, Nebraska area, ICE arrested a MS-13 kingpin who is wanted for five aggravated murders in El Salvador and is on the country’s most wanted fugitives list, multiple ICE officials tell @FoxNews.

ICE also arrested a MS-13 associate he was living with, 30-year-old Rene Saul Escobar Ochoa, who is also wanted in El Salvador for allegedly giving orders to fellow gang members to commit multiple murders.

Both men are illegal aliens who had embedded themselves in the Omaha area. Fox is told the kingpin is not being identified due to the sensitivity of an ongoing investigation.

Video of both arrests provided courtesy of ICE.

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons’ statement to FOX: “When ICE agents move in to make an arrest, it is extremely important that the public not interfere. The misinformation, and sometimes blatant lies, being spread around the country could result in someone stepping into a federal operation and suddenly finding themselves face-to-face with a killer who has nothing to lose. Our ICE officers and agents are protecting your neighborhoods, even when you don’t know the threat is there, so either support them, or get out of the way.”

WATCH the Fox News report below:

The El Salvador National Police has posted MULTIPLE wanted ads on Perez over the years. Here’s one shared on X back in 2019:

And, here’s another wanted poster released in 2016:

In a separate post on X, ICE announced details on the other MS-13 gang leader arrested in Omaha:

Meet Rene Saul Escobar Ochoa. He’s an MS-13 terrorist and Salvadoran FUGITIVE wanted for:
👉Ordering gang members to commit multiple murders
👉Extortion
👉Imprisonment
👉Drug trafficking

We found him alongside an MS-13 kingpin wanted for FIVE MURDERS and other serious crimes. These two were living in Nebraska within the Omaha community.

“Our ICE officers and agents are protecting your neighborhoods, even when you don’t know the threat is there, so either support them or get out of the way.” —Acting ICE Director Todd M. Lyons

Border Czar Tom Homan speaks out:

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