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Man ICE Calls 'MS-13 Kingpin’ Admits Illegally Entering US. Caught During Traffic Stop.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA AND COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, JUL 14 – Melvin Alejandro Varela Perez, linked to multiple homicides and terrorism, was paroled into the U.S. in 2023 despite criminal charges, highlighting alleged border vetting failures, ICE said.
- Melvin Alejandro Varela Perez, a 50-year-old alleged MS-13 kingpin, was arrested last week in Council Bluffs, Iowa, during an ICE operation.
- Perez entered the United States illegally in 2016, admitted gang membership at a Texas Border Patrol checkpoint, and was previously paroled into the U.S. in 2023.
- His arrest came after a Douglas County traffic stop prompted by intelligence from the Nebraska Information Analysis Center concerning an individual involved in criminal activities residing unlawfully in Omaha.
- An ICE official called Perez an MS-13 kingpin and confirmed he faces multiple aggravated homicide and terrorist affiliation charges in El Salvador.
- Perez is detained at a correctional facility in Hardin County, Iowa, while ICE collaborates with Salvadoran officials to arrange his deportation, highlighting the complexities of immigration enforcement.
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Man ICE calls ‘MS-13 kingpin’ admits illegally entering US. Caught during traffic stop.
Court documents reveal that one of the arrested MS-13 gang members was previously convicted of entering the country illegally and admitted to being an MS-13 gang member in 2016.
·St. Louis, United States
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Man ICE calls 'MS-13 kingpin’ admits illegally entering US. Caught during traffic stop.
Court documents reveal that one of the arrested MS-13 gang members was previously convicted of entering the country illegally and admitted to being an MS-13 gang member in 2016.
·Waterloo, United States
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