In the last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested more than 100 suspected gang members in the country illegally, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) exclusively told Fox News Digital.
Between October 4 and 10, agents apprehended 131 people claimed to be affiliated with gangs, including 22 MS-13 members and 13 Tren de Aragua (TdA).
Since President Donald Trump took office in 2025, ICE has made 12,018 gang-related arrests, according to DHS. In a week, ICE apprehended over 100 gang members, including MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, according to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Every day, the best of America is on the front lines to ensure that the worst of humanity does not threaten or hurt innocent Americans.”
Mullin applauded Trump’s leadership for assisting ICE in combating “gangs and cartels, making it impossible for them to do business in America and removing their members from our country.” Arresting and deporting illegal aliens, particularly gang members, is how we can make America secure again.
Gustavo Adolfo Flores-Ramirez, a Salvadoran national identified by the DHS as an MS-13 member, was among those arrested.
He was arrested in Las Vegas on Wednesday and is sought in El Salvador for aggravated homicide, aggravated femicide, rape of a child or incapacitated person, illegal or irresponsible handling, carrying, or possession of guns, illicit grouping, and public peace crimes, according to DHS.
It is unclear when he originally illegally entered the nation, but he was apprehended in the United States in September 2021 and deported to Mexico.
He then illegally reentered, which is a criminal, at an unknown time.
Jose Luis Perez-Arrias, a Venezuelan national and TdA member, was arrested in Tallahassee, Florida, on Wednesday, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Perez-Arrias is accused of working as a hitman for TdA.
He unlawfully entered the country in October 2023, while former President Joe Biden was still in office, and was apprehended by Border Patrol officials before being released.
Emerson Jossiel Calderon-Hernandez, a Salvadoran national and accused MS-13 member, was detained in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
He unlawfully entered the country in August 2012, during the tenure of former President Barack Obama, and was later freed.
Calderon-Hernandez has been charged with second-degree assault, attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, armed robbery, reckless endangerment, and false imprisonment.
On Tuesday, an unknown 14-year-old from Venezuela was detained in Denver on counts of first-degree murder and criminal attempt with severe indifference.
According to DHS, the 14-year-old is allegedly affiliated with the Los Piratas Gang, a TdA group, and was unlawfully carrying a Glock 48 pistol when he was apprehended.
He is also facing accusations of first-degree assault with extreme indifference, first-degree kidnapping, aggravated criminal extortion, illegal discharge of a weapon, and conspiracy.
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