A heavily tattooed and “violent” MS-13 gangbanger wanted in his native El Salvador on a gun rap was nabbed in the US by federal immigration authorities — nearly 20 years after he was deported.
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Photos released by ICE show the migrant’s extensive gang tats, including “MS” on his chest, a horned skull on one shoulder over the words “Mara Salvatrucha” — MS-13’s name — and “Maryland” on his right forearm, signaling his allegiance to the vicious crew.
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“We remain steadfast in prioritizing public safety and protecting national security by targeting and removing dangerous criminal aliens who threaten the well-being of our Maryland residents.”
Mejia-Benitez was arrested by the US Border Patrol in Texas on Nov. 22, 2004, and was ordered to be deported back to his native El Salvador on Dec. 14, 2005, according to ICE.
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Mejia-Benitez then snuck back into the US and was arrested again on March 20, 2014.
He was turned over to authorities in Silver Springs after that arrest and held, before he was taken into custody by ICE earlier this month for deportation, the feds said.
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Villalta, 29, was the sixth person sentenced in the bloody April 11, 2017, massacre in Central Islip.
Also this month, MS-13 gang member Mario Clifford Rivera, a 32-year-old gangbanger nicknamed “Chuky,” was sentenced to 17 years behind bars in Florida on a fentanyl trafficking conviction.
Federal prosecutors said Rivera brazenly used the US mail to peddle the drugs.
MS-13 is among the criminal crews identified as a terrorist organization by the Trump administration.
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