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Alleged MS-13 gang member accused of 5 murders in home country nabbed in Virginia
Fox News ^ | January 31, 2026 2:46pm EST | Greg Norman-Diamond , Preston Mizell

Posted on 01/31/2026 2:15:23 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Illegal alien who allegedly admitted to 5 murders in El Salvador arrested in Virginia just weeks before Gov Spanberger ended ICE cooperation

FIRST ON FOX: An MS-13 gang member and alleged mass murderer has been taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Virginia, Department of Homeland Security sources told Fox News Digital. 

The announcement of the arrest of Edwin Antonio Hernandez Hernandez, 27, of El Salvador, comes after newly sworn-in Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed an executive order saying local and state law enforcement are no longer required to cooperate with ICE, repealing an order from her Republican predecessor, Glenn Youngkin. 

Sources told Fox News Digital that Hernandez has claimed to have participated in five murders in El Salvador and is an MS-13 gang member who goes by the aliases "Demente" and "Crazy." 

In two of the claimed murders, Hernandez allegedly shot members of the rival 18th Street gang in the chest and head, according to the sources. The gang, also referred to as Barrio 18, was designated by the U.S. State Department last year as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT).

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In another murder, Hernandez stated that MS-13 was torturing an 18th Street gang member and stabbed him twice in the chest before MS-13 dismembered the individual while he was still alive, the sources added.

A U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) report obtained by Fox News Digital said Hernandez entered the U.S. illegally near Hidalgo, Texas, in June 2015.

He was then arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol, the report said, before being released from...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; crime; elsalvador; ice; ms13; virginia

1 posted on 01/31/2026 2:15:23 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Judges order release in 3....2....1....


2 posted on 01/31/2026 2:17:16 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

Will he become Virginia Man?


3 posted on 01/31/2026 2:18:10 PM PST by Starboard
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Edwin Antonio Hernandez Hernandez should be released into Spanburger’s home. They deserve each other.


4 posted on 01/31/2026 2:18:21 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: dfwgator

“Judges order release in 3....2....1....”

That really does happen.


5 posted on 01/31/2026 2:19:57 PM PST by stanne
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

According to the latest SCOTUS ruling, this POS can be shipped out to CECOT immediately.


6 posted on 01/31/2026 2:20:04 PM PST by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real..)
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To: MtnClimber

Yes....


7 posted on 01/31/2026 2:20:43 PM PST by Rummyfan (Ok In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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To: Starboard

Obviously a misunderstood person trying to come to America to make a new life here./S

“I see the problem right now. Nobody has ever just taken the time to sit down with him and talk with him.”
—Gene Wilder characters about mass killer Grossberger in Stir Crazy. Followed by Down in the Valley sung after an acoustical guitar was put in his cell.


8 posted on 01/31/2026 2:23:09 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Starboard

Pranksters should show up to “anti-ICE” “protests” in Virginia with a sign:

Free Virginia Man
Edwin Antonio Hernandez Hernandez, 27,
of El Salvador


9 posted on 01/31/2026 2:26:22 PM PST by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’ll bet the maggot voted for Gabbby The Tax Witch Spamburger and Jay Jones the DemonRAT hit man.


10 posted on 01/31/2026 2:41:08 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Cheech Frey and his sidekick, Timmy Chong have turned Minniesomalia into a Cheech & Chong movie.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Father of the Year in Virginia. Have they started blowing whistles and banging pots yet?


11 posted on 01/31/2026 2:43:58 PM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

MS 13 and SUR13 are all over Oregon:
SUR13 or SUR graffiti gets covered up by city workers.
In their graffiti they also had a pic of a guy with a hole in his chest labeled as TRUMP.


12 posted on 01/31/2026 2:45:33 PM PST by doc maverick
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Has Van Hollen scheduled his margarita get-together with them yet?


13 posted on 01/31/2026 2:53:06 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Do your duty and arrest this AWFL (Affluent white female liberal).


14 posted on 01/31/2026 2:54:55 PM PST by Machavelli (True God)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
In two of the claimed murders, Hernandez allegedly shot members of the rival 18th Street gang in the chest and head...In another murder, Hernandez stated that MS-13 was torturing an 18th Street gang member and stabbed him twice in the chest before MS-13 dismembered the individual while he was still alive.

Hmmm...now I'm torn. Trash disposing of trash. Is that so bad?

15 posted on 01/31/2026 2:55:03 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Dear liberal anti-ICE protestors, could you please help this poor immigrant and take him into your home? Feed and protect this CHILD. PLEASE!!!!!


16 posted on 01/31/2026 3:02:59 PM PST by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months. Is that a big deal?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

A spark of divinity just wanting to make a better life for himself and mow lawns.


17 posted on 01/31/2026 5:28:47 PM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower)
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To: MtnClimber

Edwin Antonio Hernandez Hernandez should be released into Spanburger’s home. They deserve each other.


Excellent suggestion!


18 posted on 01/31/2026 7:30:00 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (TDS: Triggered in 2016 when the MAGA King killed the Queen of the Lunatic Left. Deus Vult!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Just doing criminal activities AMERICANS don’t want to do...


19 posted on 01/31/2026 8:08:48 PM PST by DeplorableTrumpSupporter (FKA ConservaTeen)
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To: Mark
Dear liberal anti-ICE protestors, could you please help this poor immigrant and take him into your home?

On Facebook, I asked a liberal why doesn't she bring them into her home. She told me that she can't AFFORD TO. I told her, neither any AMERICANS. She told me, the government can print more money. I gave up because I think she took as a major Black Shakespeare Writings History...

20 posted on 01/31/2026 8:50:10 PM PST by DeplorableTrumpSupporter (FKA ConservaTeen)
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