Posted on 03/18/2025 8:34:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Tuesday the extradition of an alleged MS-13 leader to the United States after his arrest in Mexico, marking a significant victory in the fight against international gang violence. The individual, who had been on the FBI's Most Wanted list, is accused of leading violent operations of "several offenses for his alleged role in ordering numerous acts of violence against civilians and rival gang members, as well as his role in drug distribution and extortion schemes in the United States and El Salvador."
Patel praised the successful extradition as a testament to the collaboration between U.S. law enforcement and international partners, underscoring the Trump administration's commitment to dismantling dangerous criminal networks and keeping communities safe.
Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales was apprehended in the mountains of the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz by Mexican soldiers and federal agents. Patel called it a “major victory both for our law enforcement partners and for a safer America.”
“I can now confirm that last night, working with the Justice Department and other interagency partners, the FBI has extradited one of our 'Ten Most Wanted' from Mexico — one we believe to be a key senior leader of MS-13, Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales," Patel said in a statement.
“He was arrested in Mexico and is being transported within the U.S. as we speak, where he will face American justice. This is a major victory both for our law enforcement partners and for a safer America. Thank you to our brave personnel for executing the mission. And thank you to Mexico’s SSPC and FGE teams for their support of the FBI in this investigation and arrest.”
Bardales, who the FBI was offering a $250,000 award regarding information about him, faces charges in the Eastern District of New York. The court issued a warrant for his arrest on Sept. 22, 2022, after he was charged with “conspiracy to provide and conceal material support and resources to terrorists; narco-terrorism conspiracy; racketeering conspiracy; and alien smuggling conspiracy.”
Last month, President Donald Trump officially designated the MS-13 gang as a terrorist organization, making it one of eight Latin American criminal groups added to the list.
Hey judges we got one who will be coming to the US! Happy?
I would wonder what Judge Boasberg would do with him. Medal of Freedom seems a bit of a stretch but you never know.
Let’s hope and pray that an idiot New York jury doesn’t acquit him and set him loose.
Good. Now give him to El Salvador.
We don’t have anything close to what El Salvador can do to him.
Justice James Emanuel “Jeb” Boasberg immediately order the plane turned around and Roman-Bardales released back into Mexico.
They should NEVER announce this stuff; just DO it!
Make him his roommate.
Yes, divert the flight straight to El Salvador.
Yes, why do they keep talking about their actions? We believe they are working. They aren’t lazy Leftists. Is it transparency?
I have NO idea WHY they announce this stuff; none at all; however, they really should NOT talk about it at all.
There is value in publicity.
Many “Americans” have been whimpering about Kash not doing enough.
No, they shouldn’t. We do have a youngish crew, maybe they do not know better. Admittedly, their Boss talks a bit too much at times.
He should tell them long after plans are completed, but tell them now that is how it will be. It is the FBI, for heavens sake, they are supposed to keep the cards close to their vests.
By announcing things, that really do NOT need to be announced, it only elicits bad/lefty judges to stick their noses into things they have NO DAMNED BUSINESS in.
Trump badly needs an "old political hand", whom he CAN trust, to set this ship aright.
OTOH....it's all a LOT better than his first term.
I think a judge in Guam ordered us to send him back.
Maybe they want to be challenged?
Sounds like you two geniuses should have been FBI Director. (I mean, Directress. Both of you.)
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