Joel Vargas-Escobar was arrested in Westbury, New York, late Tuesday and is being transferred to Nevada, where he was initially charged in a 2021 federal indictment. Prosecutors are seeking to put ...

Joel Vargas-Escobar, who also went by “Momia,” was nabbed by FBI agents in Westbury, Nassau County, for his alleged role in 11 murders across Nevada and California, the US Attorney’s Office ...

Joel Vargas-Escobar, who authorities allege is a leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, was arrested in Westbury, New York, for his role in a “conspiracy responsible for 11 murders ...

U.S. Magistrate Judge James M. Wicks ordered Joel Vargas-Escobar held without bail during his initial court appearance in Central Islip federal court Wednesday morning. Vargas-Escobar will be ...

On Tuesday, the FBI apprehended Joel Vargas-Escobar, an illegal El Salvadoran immigrant and alleged MS-13 gangbanger, after four years he spent as a wanted fugitive in the United States.

The hearing, in Las Vegas, was intended as a pretrial check-in for Jose Luis Reynaldo Reyes-Castillo, David Arturo Perez-Manchame, Joel Vargas-Escobar and Alexander De Jesus Figueroa-Torres ...

Joel Vargas-Escobar was arrested Tuesday night in New York, according to an announcement from the Department of Justice (DOJ). A previously deported illegal migrant from El Salvador, Vargas ...

On Tuesday, the FBI apprehended Joel Vargas-Escobar, an illegal El Salvadoran immigrant and alleged MS-13 gangbanger, after four years as a wanted fugitive in the United States.