U.S. authorities arrested an alleged leader in a local MS-13 gang who had been a fugitive for nearly four years after being ...

Joel Vargas-Escobar was arrested for his alleged role in a “conspiracy responsible for 11 murders,” the Department of Justice ...

Escobar, an illegal El Salvadoran immigrant and alleged MS-13 gangbanger, after four years as a wanted fugitive in the United ...

The FBI has arrested a high-ranking MS-13 leader based in Las Vegas who is accused of orchestrating 11 murders, federal ...

Escobar, also known as "Momia," was indicted in the District of Nevada and charged with a racketeering conspiracy that ...

Federal law enforcement agents arrested another high-ranking MS-13 member, marking the Trump administration’s latest blow to ...

Joel Vargas-Escobar was arrested in Westbury, New York, late Tuesday and is being transferred to Nevada, where he was initially charged in a 2021 federal indictment. Prosecutors are seeking to put ...

An MS-13 gang leader was arrested in Long Island on Tuesday for his alleged role in nearly a dozen murders in California and Nevada, the Justice Department announced.

Joel Vargas-Escobar, who authorities allege is a leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, was arrested in Westbury, New York, for his role in a “conspiracy responsible for 11 murders ...