MS-13 gang member arrested by ICE in Massachusetts: Feds

An MS-13 gang member from El Salvador was just lately arrested by ICE brokers in Massachusetts, in keeping with the feds.

William Alberto Villalobos-Melendez, 24, was arrested in Brockton final month following an operation by ICE Enforcement and Removing Operations Boston officers — together with brokers from ICE Homeland Safety Investigations New England and FBI Boston.

“William Alberto Villalobos-Melendez has been illegally residing in the United States for almost nine years,” ICE ERO Boston performing Area Workplace Director Patricia Hyde stated in an announcement. “He’s a validated member of a violent transnational avenue gang and poses a risk to our Massachusetts residents.

“ICE Boston will not tolerate any threat that a member of a nefarious gang poses to our neighbors,” Hyde added. “We will continue to prioritize public safety by arresting criminal alien threats to our New England communities.”

U.S. Border Patrol arrested Villalobos in 2016 after he illegally entered the U.S. close to Hidalgo, Texas.

USBP decided that Villalobos had entered the U.S. with out admission or inspection by an immigration official. USBP issued Villalobos a discover to look earlier than a Justice Division immigration decide.

Then in 2019, a DOJ immigration decide issued ordered Villalobos faraway from the U.S. to El Salvador.

Quick ahead to this March when Mass State Police in Middleboro charged Villalobos with unlicensed operation of a motorcar and utilizing an digital system whereas driving.

Officers with ICE ERO Boston and brokers with ICE HSI New England and FBI Boston then arrested Villalobos final month, and took him into ICE custody. Villalobos will stay in ICE custody pending his removing from the U.S.