International News: MS-13 gang member on El Salvador’s Top 100 most-wanted list captured in the United States

Published by BBNTEAM at August 17, 2023

Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2023. 12:47 pm CST.

By Zoila Palma Gonzalez: The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have detained an MS-13 gang member on El Salvador’s Top 100 Most wanted list.

According to Fox News, authorities had previously deported the MS-13 gang member but he illegally reentered the United States.

Salvadoran Juan Carlos Portillo was detained in Alabama. He used aliases, Juan Alberto Zamora-Zamora, Jose Adalberto Lopez-Lopez, and his MS-13 name ‘Pirana’.

He is wanted in El Salvador for aggravated kidnapping, attempted aggravated homicide, aggravated extortion, terrorist organization, deprivation of liberty and aggravated homicide.

“This MS-13 gang member blatantly ignored laws both in his home country and here in the United States and this arrest sends a message that we will not allow our communities to be safe havens for violent criminals,” said ERO New Orleans Field Office Director Mellissa Harper.

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