Federal authorities arrested a leader of the violent Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang in Virginia on Thursday, Trump administration officials said.
The FBI, along with state and local authorities, took the 24-year-old suspect into custody in Prince William County, Virginia. He was identified as one of the top three leaders of the Salvadoran MS-13 gang, Attorney General Pamela Bondi said during a news conference after the arrest was made.
Bondi did not identify the suspect, but said he was living in the United States illegally. She said he was recruited by the gang at an early age and was head of the gang's operation on the East Coast.