On Thursday, President Trump hailed law enforcement officials for apprehending an alleged leader of notorious El Salvador gang MS-13.
President Trump touted the arrest of a MS-13 leader, praising border czar Tom Homan amid the administration’s crack down of migrants aligned with gangs in the United States.
“Just captured a major leader of MS13. Tom HOMAN is a superstar!” Trump said on Truth Social Thursday morning.
FBI director Kash Patel also confirmed the arrest, calling it a victory for the U.S.
“I can now confirm that earlier this morning, law enforcement personnel arrested a top MS-13 leader in Virginia. Outstanding work from @AGPamBondi, our brave agents, @CBP, @GovernorVA, and our state and local partners,” Patel wrote on social platform X.
“This is a massive victory for a safer America. Justice is coming,” he added.
The 24-year-old suspected MS-13 leader was captured in Woodbridge, Va., outside Washington, D.C., and, while his name hasn’t been released, is considered one of the top three leaders of the gang in the U.S., Fox News reported.
“They executed a clean, safe operation and the bad guys in custody. And thanks to the FBI, we got one of the worst of the worst of the MS-13 off the streets this morning. Virginia and the country is a lot safer today,” Bondi told Fox News following the arrest.
The operation included the FBI joined by the Prince William County Police Department, ATF, ICE, and the Virginia State Police.
Thursday’s operation is only the latest targeting top-level members of gangs and drug-trafficking rings operating in the U.S.
The FBI has arrested three individuals on its top 10 most wanted list in the past two months alone.
