'Off our streets': ICE makes major arrest of internationally wanted 'suspected terrorist'

EXCLUSIVE: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made a high-profile apprehension connected Monday successful Maryland.

DHS told Fox News Digital that Joel Armando Mejia-Benitez, 38, is simply a "validated MS-13 pack member" from El Salvador who had nary visas "approved oregon pending" astatine the infinitesimal of his arrest.

"ICE Baltimore arrested Joel Armando Mejia-Benitez an MS-13 pack subordinate with an Interpol Red Notice. He archetypal entered the state illegally successful 2005 and was deported. He past reentered our state astatine an chartless day earlier helium was arrested by HIS Baltimore successful 2014. He was issued a announcement to look and released backmost into Silver Spring, MD," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital successful an exclusive statement.

An Interpol Red Notice is enactment retired by the planetary ineligible radical asking to "locate and provisionally arrest" somebody. It’s not considered an "international apprehension warrant," but it's meant to marque definite a idiosyncratic is taken into custody for further ineligible action, according to Interpol’s website. The Red Notice database has implicit 6,500 individuals.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested  Joel Armando Mejia-Benitez connected Monday, May 5, 2025.  (Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE))

The apprehension comes arsenic the Department of Homeland Security marks 100 days with Secretary Kristi Noem astatine the helm arsenic of Monday.

"This transgression amerciable pack subordinate and suspected violent should person ne'er been released into our country. Thanks to President Trump and Secretary Noem, helium is disconnected our streets and volition soon beryllium retired of our country," McLaughlin continued.

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The latest apprehension comes arsenic ICE touts implicit 65,000 amerciable alien removals and implicit 66,000 arrests since Trump took bureau successful January, including thousands with existing transgression convictions connected apical of being successful the United States illegally.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, left, and White House borderline czar Tom Homan talk with reporters astatine the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, successful Washington.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

"The brave men and women of ICE support our families, friends and neighbors by removing nationalist information and nationalist information threats from our communities," ICE acting Director Todd M. Lyons said successful a statement. "During President Trump’s archetypal 100 days, ICE unsocial has arrested implicit 65,000 amerciable aliens — including 2,288 pack members from Tren de Aragua, MS-13, 18th Street and different gangs. Additionally, 1,329 were accused oregon convicted of enactment offenses, and 498 were accused oregon convicted of murder."

Many alleged pack members person been to CECOT successful El Salvador, which has garnered praise, but it's besides ignited a large statement astir who qualifies for owed process.

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This representation shows the borderline partition separating Mexico from the U.S. successful San Diego Sector. (Fox News)

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The Trump medication has made the statement that members of designated overseas violent organization, which includes MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, bash not spell done the aforesaid ineligible processes, whereas galore others, including Democrats, person argued to the contrary.

Meanwhile, encounters astatine the borderline person taken a nosedive successful caller months.