Posted on 04/03/2025 10:39:19 AM PDT by Libloather
A dangerous MS-13 local ringleader believed to be linked to nearly a dozen murders in the US was arrested on Long Island Tuesday night after four years on the run.
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 for the District of Nevada announced Wednesday evening.
The El Salvadoran national, who was in the country illegally, was the alleged leader of the Parkview clique, an MS-13 subset in Las Vegas, where he ordered the slaughter of at least two of the 11 victims in 2017, officials alleged.
His arrest comes amid the Trump administration’s ongoing crackdown on migrants who are in the country illegally — especially those linked to gangs, drug cartels and crime. The Justice Department has deemed gangs like MS-13 and Tren de Aragua terrorist organizations.
“This terrorist entered our country illegally and is accused of orchestrating 11 murders — under President Trump’s leadership, we will not rest until this terrorist organization is completely dismantled and its members are behind bars,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement Wednesday.
Vargas-Escobar was deported in 2018 to his home country, but illegally crossed into the US after he was tossed out and had been a wanted fugitive for nearly four years, according to the US Attorney’s Office.
The MS-13 “shot caller” was finally captured on Long Island — which has long been plagued by MS-13 violence seeping into its sleepy suburban neighborhoods — thanks to a joint effort by several federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI and the Justice Department.
“The arrest of yet another violent and dangerous MS-13 leader is a major win for our FBI agents, law enforcement partners, and safer American streets...
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Wait Wait Wait! Judgey Boasberger wants to kiss his butt before you ship him to Louisiana!
GREAT! Thanks for posting.
Good news.
Why not let him have a guest appearance on The View and have the women ask him to give the story from his side?
Then an overnight sleepover at Judge Boasberger’s house.
They like free violent illegals having all the rights.
He tried to lam
but they cheesed him!
“Tish” and Princess Kathy will demand the agents who captured this murdering simeball be fired.
Another great worker lost.
We are doomed.
Interesting.
This murder is on the run for 4 years.
Trump is in office for 3 months and the FBI catches him.
Was anyone was looking for him before Trump took office?
Maybe it was the FBI’s strategy under Biden to let criminals get comfortable for a few years so that they would get sloppy and easy to get.
/S
Safer American streets
Something no democrat hack can say.
If one didn’t know better it’s as if they invested in Funeral Homes.
Schumer is not going to be happy.
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