A heavily tattooed and “violent” MS-13 gangbanger wanted in his native El Salvador on a gun rap was nabbed in the US by federal immigration authorities — nearly 20 years after he was deported.

Top gang leaders being sent back to El Salvador were part of a lengthy federal investigation that has amassed evidence of a corrupt pact between the Bukele government and MS-13.

A man described by the DOJ as one of the top three MS-13 leaders in the country is now subject to deportation proceedings after criminal charges against him were dropped.

The Justice Department seeks to drop its criminal case against a Virginia man accused of being the "East Coast leader" of the MS-13 gang, weeks after Attorney General Pam Bondi announced his ...

Why the DOJ wants to drop charges against an alleged MS-13 gang leader 04:28. Senior U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton on Wednesday dismissed criminal charges against Henrry Villatoro Santos, a ...