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Costa Rica: Alleged “Leader” of El Salvador’s MS-13 Gang Captured

The authorities of Costa Rica A Salvadoran man was arrested this Friday, whom they identified as the alleged “leader” of a clique (cell) of the MS-13 gang in The Savior, informed the Migration Police.

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The detainee, surname Mojica Escobarwas detained at the border post of white clubson the border between Nicaragua and Coast deliciousalmost 300 km northwest of San José.

“After one exhaustive investigation with international contacts it will be possible to establish that Belongs to the MS-13 and that within that structure he is the leader of one of the cliques accepted in The saviorhe pointed Enrique Arguedasdirector of the Coastal Migration Police delicious.

The authorities temporarily imprisoned the alleged gang member and in the next few days will be deported to The Saviorindicated from Migration.

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Dozens of gang members seek to leave The Savior to run away from “front war” that the president declared last March Nayib Bukele.

At Bukele’s request, the Salvadoran Congress established an emergency regime on March 31 of last year in response to a homicidal escalation attributed to gangs, which between March 25 and 27 claimed the lives of 87 people. According to official data, the gangs controlled 80% of the territory.

Questioned by international humanitarian organizations, the emergency regime allows arrests without a warrant.

Until now, the Secretary of Communications of the Presidency of The Savior records 61,000 suspected gang members captured, including 900 leaders.

Source: Elcomercio

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