Federal law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are intensifying efforts to dismantle the MS-13 gang following President Donald Trump’s January executive order designating transnational criminal gangs as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs). MS-13, an ultra-violent international gang, was one of eight groups officially labeled an FTO in February.
A new Cygnal poll shows that a plurality of swing voters support the Trump administration’s deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a criminal illegal alien linked to the MS-13 gang, despite Democrats' efforts to portray him as a sympathetic figure.
An MS-13 gang member known as “Anticristo” has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for orchestrating and participating in the 2017 slayings of four young men in a New York park. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced Wednesday that Omar Antonio Villalta pleaded guilty to his role in the premeditated killings carried out by more than a dozen MS-13 members and associates.
A suspected MS-13 gang member deported under President Trump is under federal investigation after links to a major human smuggling ring surfaced. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, previously removed from the U.S. as part of an immigration enforcement deal with El Salvador, is now being scrutinized by the Department of Justice following statements made by a convicted smuggler.
Four House Democrats traveled to El Salvador last week to advocate for a deported illegal migrant linked to MS-13 — all while staying in a luxury hotel with panoramic views and upscale amenities, the Daily Caller News Foundation confirmed.
NewsNation host Chris Cuomo clashed with Democratic strategist James Carville on Wednesday over the Democratic Party’s efforts to bring deported alleged MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia back into the United States. The heated exchange aired on CUOMO, with Cuomo warning that the optics of siding with a suspected gang member will damage Democrats politically. Carville, however, refused to back down.
The Trump administration sharply rebuked Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) this week for prioritizing a deported MS-13 gang member over the safety of American citizens like Rachel Morin, a Maryland woman murdered by an illegal Salvadoran national in 2023. Van Hollen has traveled to El Salvador in an attempt to return 29-year-old Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States, despite his gang affiliations.
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) has pledged to travel to El Salvador in an attempt to secure the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an alleged MS-13 gang member who was deported under the Trump administration and is currently imprisoned in the Central American country. Van Hollen claims the man, a resident of Maryland and father of three, was “illegally abducted” from the United States.
