A leader of the notorious transnational criminal gang MS-13 who was facing homicide charges for alleged murders committed in El Salvador in 2017 was arrested in Maryland after entering the United States illegally, according to authorities.
In a July 29 press release, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Jose Mojica Aldana, a native and citizen of El Salvador, was arrested on June 15 near his Annapolis residence.
Mojica Aldana is currently being held by ICE while deportation proceedings are pending, officials said. The FBI and a special task force unit in Baltimore assisted with the arrest.
The agency noted that Mojica Aldana crossed the border and successfully entered the United States “without being inspected, admitted, or paroled” by immigration authorities….