Border Patrol agents at California's Calexico Port of Entry arrested a 26-year-old MS-13 gang member who was trying to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border into the country.
Former Maricopa County prosecutor Abe Hamadeh on DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas celebrating drug seizures during his tour of the southern border.was arrested Sunday after trying to illegally enter the U.S. through California, officials said.
Two individuals were spotted trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border just east of the Calexico Port of Entry around 6:40 p.m.,U.S. Border Patrol agents determined that neither individual had the proper documents to be in the U.S. legally and placed them both under arrest. Record checks at the El Centro Sector Processing Center confirmed the 26-year-old man arrested was a documented member of the MS-13 street gang, officials said.He also has priorBoth individuals will be processed for removal from the U.S., officials said."The El Centro Sector agents make life rough on felonious gang members who want to make our country their home," said El Centro Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino.
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