President Donald Trump congratulated the FBI, his Attorney General, and the border czar as the US authorities captured the MS-13 top leader for the US East Coast Thursday morning. Officials captured the 24-year-old suspect in Woodbridge, Virginia, just south of Washington, DC, Fox News reported adding that the authorities have yet to release the suspect’s name, but they say he is one of the top three leaders of the MS-13 gang in the US. Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel monitored the arrest as it took place Thursday morning.
“They executed a clean, safe operation and the bad guys in custody. And thanks to the FBI, we got one of the worst of the worst of the MS-13 off the streets this morning. “Virginia and the country is a lot safer today,” Bondi told Fox News following the arrest. The operation included the FBI joined by the Prince William County Police Department, ATF, ICE, and the Virginia State Police.
“Just captured a major leader of MS13. Tom HOMAN is a superstar!” President Donald Trump wrote on social media.
After the capture of the top MS-13 leader, Kash Patel briefed the media that it was not an easy operation. “This is what happens when you let good cops be cops and we’re going to continue to let good cops be cops across this country… We are returning our communities to safety,” Patel said.
The operation involved the FBI, ICE, ATF, the Virginia State Police and the Prince William County Police Department.
