Rances Ulices Amaya, a leader of MS-13, of Springfield, Virginia, was convicted in February 2012 for trafficking girls as young as 14 into a prostitution ring. He was sentenced in June 2012 to 50 years in prison for child prostitution.

1 day ago · A senior leader of the brutal MS-13 gang was arrested in Long Island for his alleged role in nearly a dozen murders, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. Joel "Momia" Vargas-Escobar was the ...

Mar 19, 2025 · Earlier today, a high-ranking leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, was arraigned on a four-count indictment charging him, along with a dozen other high-ranking MS-13 leaders, with directing the transnational criminal organization’s unlawful activities in the United States, El Salvador, Mexico and elsewhere over the past two decades.

Mar 27, 2025 · Earlier this month, the U.S. dropped charges against Cesar Lopez-Larios, another MS-13 leader, in order to deport him to El Salvador as part of a deal with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele.

Mar 27, 2025 · Federal law enforcement officers captured an alleged “major leader” of the MS-13 gang Thursday morning, President Donald Trump said on social media. “Just captured a major leader of MS13 ...

1 day ago · Vargas-Escobar was the leader of the MS-13 Parkview clique in Las Vegas and ordered two of the charged murders, officials said. He had been deported to El Salvador in 2018 but illegally reentered ...

Mar 27, 2025 · Attorney General Pam Bondi, left, and FBI Director Kash Patel, right, listen as Governor Glenn Youngkin speaks about a 24 year-old MS-13 gang leader who was arrested in an operation by the Virginia Homeland Security Task Force in Dale City, VA., on March 27, 2025, during a news conference at the Manassas FBI Field Office, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in …

Mar 27, 2025 · Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the arrest of a "major" MS-13 gang leader in Virginia. Mara Salvatrucha 13, or MS-13, is a transnational gang that originated in Los Angeles, and has since ...

Mar 27, 2025 · Earlier this month, U.S. dropped charges against Cesar Lopez-Larios, another MS-13 leader, in order to deport him to El Salvador as part of a deal with the country's President Nayib Bukele.

Mar 3, 2025 · Orellana is a high-ranking leader in the MS-13 transnational terrorist organization and controlled the operation of MS-13 cliques in the United States, Mexico, and Europe. “Maryland is immediately safer because of this arrest. Working together, we took custody of one of the highest-ranking gang members in the United States,” said FBI ...