Read MoreU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Friday announced the arrest of a citizen of El Salvador and confirmed gang member on Silver Spring, Maryland, the same state where Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived prior to his deportation in March, and the Maryland city where Abrego Garcia claimed to be transporting nine individuals during a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee.
According to ICE, Joel Armanda Mejia-Benitez is a “validated” member of the Central American gang, Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), and was arrested last Monday in Silver Spring, after he was ordered to leave the country more than a decade ago.
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