Thread: Arrested for murder have no legal status in U.S. | Anton Medrano-Campos

Four suspected MS-13 members arrested for murder have no legal status in US

By Emma Colton

June 16, 2020 3:57 pm

Four of the 5 reported MS-13 gang members who were arrested for murdering a man in Maryland came to the United States as unaccompanied minors and have no legal status in the country.

Five men were arrested and charged with murder last week following the fatal May shooting of 29-year-old Francisco Anton Medrano-Campos in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Carlos Andres Orellana-Orellana, a citizen of El Salvador; Oscar Effrain Zavala-Urrea, a citizen of Honduras; Romeo Almengor Oxlaj-Lopez, a citizen of Guatemala; and Victor Alfonso Cruz-Orellana, a citizen of El Salvador are all in the country illegally, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Daniel E. Huezo-Landaverde was also arrested and charged.

UPDATE: COURT DOCUMENTS OUTLINE A REVENGE-STYLE KILLING THAT WAS ORCHESTRATED AND EXECUTED BY MS-13 IN WHEATON, MARYLAND.ACCORDING TO ICE, FOUR OF THE FIVE MURDER SUSPECTS ENTERED THE COUNTRY AS UNACCOMPANIED MINORS, AND HAVE NO LEGAL STATUS IN THE U.S.https://t.co/TEdgOu2Q1S— KEVIN LEWIS (@ABC7KEVIN) JUNE 12, 2020

All of the suspects are in their late teens or early 20s.