C.B.P. News Release

Border Patrol Agent Arrests MS-13 Gang Member

(Monday, May 11, 2009)

Yuma, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents arrested an admitted member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang near downtown Yuma, Saturday afternoon.

Around 4:45 p.m., a Border Patrol agent patrolling near Arizona Avenue and 12th Street encountered a subject who admitted to illegally entering the country in April 2008. Upon further investigation, the subject, who is a Citizen of El Salvador, admitted to agents that he had been a member of the MS-13 gang since the age of 11.

Fingerprint checks on the subject indicated that he had a previous arrest for dangerous drugs from Suffolk County Police Department in New York. Checks also revealed that the Suffolk County Police Department had issued an active and extraditable warrant against the subject.

The admitted gang member was turned over to the Yuma Police Department for extradition on the warrant.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.

Contacts For This News Release
Yuma Sector
CBP Public Affairs
Phone: (928) 341-6520

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