BALTIMORE — Deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Elimination Operations (ERO) Baltimore Process Pressure Unit arrested a high-ranking member of the infamous MS-13 avenue gang in Annapolis, June 15. ERO Baltimore’s Fugitive Operations and the FBI assisted with the apprehension.
Jose Mojica Aldana, a local and citizen of El Salvador, was arrested close to his residence. Mojica Aldana entered america with out being inspected, admitted, or paroled by an immigration officer.
“It is a vital arrest and a considerable hit to MS-13 within the Annapolis space,” stated Lyle Boelens, discipline workplace director of the ERO Baltimore workplace. “Not solely is Mojica Aldana a high-ranking member of the gang, however he’s additionally accused of quite a few murders in El Salvador. ICE ERO Baltimore will proceed to work tirelessly with our associate legislation enforcement companies to maintain the law-abiding residents of Maryland protected from predators like Mojica Aldana.”
On Might 18, ERO Baltimore acquired data that Mojica Aldana was residing within the higher Annapolis space and had ties to the felony gang MS-13. Mojica Aldana had been charged with murder in El Salvador in 2017. Additional investigation revealed that Mojica Aldana is a validated MS-13 gang member and is a part of the MS Fulton Locos Salvatruchos clique, a subset of the MS-13 avenue gang, that operates within the Annapolis space.
Information checks revealed that on March 6, 2017, the Nationwide Civil Police of El Salvador issued an arrest warrant for Mojica Aldana for murder. Upon additional investigation, ICE ERO Baltimore decided that Mojica Aldana was a high-ranking member of MS-13 and a frontrunner of their Fulton Locos Salvatrucha clique.
On June 15, 2022, Mojica Aldana was issued a Discover to Seem, charging inadmissibility below Part 212(a)(6)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as a noncitizen current in america with out admission or parole.
Mojica Aldana is at the moment detained in ICE ERO custody pending removing proceedings.
Members of the general public who’ve details about overseas fugitives are urged to contact ICE by calling the ICE Tip Line at 1 866-DHS-2-ICE or internationally at 001-1802-872-6199. They will additionally file a tip on-line by finishing ICE’s online tip form.
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