07/25/2019
Salvadoran gangster removed to his home county to face charges for gang violence, murder
SAN FRANCISCO ― Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed Melvin Armando Cortez-Moreno, an active member of the 18th Street Gang, to his home country of El Salvador where local authorities took him into custody.
Cortez-Moreno, 30, is wanted by the Salvadoran government for multiple egregious crimes, including charges of manslaughter, murder and other crimes with ties to 18th Street Gang activity.
Cortez-Moreno entered the United States on an unknown date and place without inspection or parole by an immigration officer. However, the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) first encountered him June 11, 2015, near South Komelik, Arizona, and arrested him for immigration law violations. The USBP transferred him to ERO Phoenix custody June 13, 2015.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/salvadoran-gangster-removed-his-home-county-face-charges-gang-violence-murder
