Posted on 06/20/2024 9:49:18 AM PDT by george76
HOUSTON – A top leader of the infamous international gang MS-13 was arrested at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Sunday; delivering a significant blow to the criminal organization.
Authorities tell KPRC 2 that Cesar Humberto Lopez-Larios, known as one of the original “Twelve Apostles of the Devil,” was apprehended. This group expanded to 14 members, becoming known as the “Ranfla Nacional.” Over the past 20 years, MS-13 has been responsible for numerous crimes, including drug trafficking and murder.
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How it happened..
After being on the run for over three years, Lopez-Larios was finally captured when he landed at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on June 9, 2024.
The FBI and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) collaborated on the arrest.
He faces several charges including providing support to terrorists, financing terrorism, and planning violent acts that crossed national borders. Lopez-Larios will be formally charged in New York at a later date.
“Now that Mr. Lopez-Larios is behind bars, he’s no longer in his alleged position of power directing a reign of terror, nor enriching MS-13 and their cartel associates,” FBI Acting Assistant Director-in-Charge Hawkins said in a statement. “The FBI will continue to collaborate with our partners to seek justice and to find the remaining fugitives of this vicious transnational criminal enterprise.”
The Twelve Apostles of the Devil and the “Ranfla Nacional”..
The “Twelve Apostles of the Devil” refers to the founders and original leaders of MS-13. These individuals played a crucial role in shaping the gang’s structure, rules, and operations. Over time, as the gang grew more sophisticated and organized, the leadership structure evolved into what is now known as the “Ranfla Nacional.”
Under “Ranfla Nacional” leadership, MS-13 expanded its activities, including forming connections with Mexican drug cartels and engaging in human trafficking and smuggling.
According to the indictment, these leaders have orchestrated violent acts, established military training camps, and procured military-grade weapons. Their operations in the U.S. involved extortion, drug trafficking, and violent crimes, with profits funneled back to leaders in El Salvador. Lopez-Larios, a leader for more than two decades, played a crucial role in these operations, particularly in the Eastern District of New York, where MS-13 committed numerous murders and other crimes.
Currently, MS-13 operates with a hierarchical structure, with local cliques reporting up to regional leaders, who in turn coordinate with the national leadership. This structure allows the gang to manage its diverse criminal activities across several countries.
The transformation from the “Twelve Apostles of the Devil” to the “Ranfla Nacional” illustrates MS-13′s adaptation and growth as a major transnational criminal organization.
A Call for Help..
Two other high-ranking MS-13 members, Jorge Alexander De La Cruz and Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales, remain at large. The FBI and HSI are offering a $20,000 reward for any information leading to their capture to contact the authorities.
TOUGH LOVE! How Greece deals with its massive illegal alien Muslim invader problem
Unable to stem the flow of illegal aliens, the Greek Coast Guard ‘has started throwing the Muslim migrant-wannabes overboard to their deaths, dumping others into the sea on boats they punctured themselves, and caused the deaths of dozens more Muslim invaders in the Mediterranean.’
It’s a start!
This is telling.
He has been on the run since TRUMP was President, but...felt confident enough in the porous, non-secure entry points into the USA that he assumed he could walk right in and not be noticed.
I think he is right, and will bet one of his own dropped a dime on him. If they hadn’t, he actually would have sauntered right in.
Tells volumes about our current state of affairs.
AG Bragg who assumes federal jurisdiction will release him on his own recognizance. He is too busy with political prosecutions.
In a REAL and JUST world, Joe Biden would be ARRESTED on TREASON charges for WILLFULLY TRAFFICKING TERRORISTS/MURDERERS into our country, even going so far as TRANSPORTING some of them via aircraft into our cities.
The George Bush Intercontinental Airport used to be the Houston Intercontinental Airport.
When my stepbrother and I and a couple of girls we had found somewhere were caught driving around and drinking beer on the runways, it caused quite a reaction from about 15 different types of cops and agencies.
It seems as though a low hairline in the front resulting in a small forehead is a sign of a sick dude.
wholesome.
Exactly!
Too bad we don’t have a Congress with the, er, spine to do just this. 🤬
The Democrats including relatives, coworkers, neighbors and associates are directly responsible for the Dems being in office and are indirectly guilty of the crimes by the illegal aliens.
Ugh. No kidding. But hey, send him back and let some vicious infighting go on in his home country. Hopefully, a bunch of them will off each other.
MS-13 TRAFFICKER and his TRANNY-LOVING HYENA for FOUR MORE YEARS! /s
The Dems will pardon him and give him a job in DC
And we need to start delivering the true punishment they need!
The get tough policy of El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele has paid dividends as dudes like this get the death penalty and don’t dare go home.
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Defense attorney: Your honor, I thank you for releasing the defendant on his own recognizance. 👩🏿⚖️⚖️🤸
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