According to court documents, an FBI-wanted commander of the notorious MS-13 gang was apprehended earlier this month near the California-Mexico border after being on the run for more than three years. According to officials, on March 7, FBI agents captured Jandres-Parada in San Diego. The next day, CNN reports, he made the decision not to ask for bail.
Following his indictment on terrorism-related charges by the US Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of New York in December 2020, Freddy Ivan Jandres-Parada has been living undercover since then.
According to the FBI website, "he is allegedly among the most senior leaders of MS-13 worldwide." "For his alleged role in ordering numerous acts of violence against civilians, law enforcement, and rival gang members, as well as drug distribution and extortion schemes worldwide, Andres-Parada has been charged with several terrorism offenses."
Two other gang leaders, César Humberto López-Larios and Hugo Armando Quinteros-Mineros, who are considered to be members of the "Ranfla Nacional" in Spanish, are still at large.
Federal charges are pending against all 14 alleged members of MS-13, 11 of them have been in detention for years, the majority of them in El Salvador. According to the indictment, these accusations include conspiring to offer and conceal material assistance for terrorists as well as conspiring to carry out cross-border terrorist actions.
According to federal authorities, the gang ran "military-style training camps" and obtained firearms, rifles, grenades, IEDs, and rocket launchers, among other weaponry. They also reportedly planned murders and other violent crimes in El Salvador, the US, and other countries.
According to the indictment, the gang's illegal "board of directors" oversaw its activities globally and gave "green lights"—essentially, instructions to execute—to destroy competitors, disloyal members, or law enforcement officers.
Originally founded as a street gang in Los Angeles by immigrants from Central America in the 1980s, MS-13, commonly referred to as "La Mara Salvatrucha," developed into one of the most deadly criminal groups in the nation. It is associated with many violent machete homicides, including those that happened on Long Island. 2017 saw the indictment of at least twelve alleged MS-13 members for their roles in seven killings. Among these were the horrific murders and disfigurements of three high school students from Brentwood in 2016.
Following his indictment on terrorism-related charges by the US Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of New York in December 2020, Freddy Ivan Jandres-Parada has been living undercover since then.
According to the FBI website, "he is allegedly among the most senior leaders of MS-13 worldwide." "For his alleged role in ordering numerous acts of violence against civilians, law enforcement, and rival gang members, as well as drug distribution and extortion schemes worldwide, Andres-Parada has been charged with several terrorism offenses."
Two other gang leaders, César Humberto López-Larios and Hugo Armando Quinteros-Mineros, who are considered to be members of the "Ranfla Nacional" in Spanish, are still at large.
Federal charges are pending against all 14 alleged members of MS-13, 11 of them have been in detention for years, the majority of them in El Salvador. According to the indictment, these accusations include conspiring to offer and conceal material assistance for terrorists as well as conspiring to carry out cross-border terrorist actions.
According to federal authorities, the gang ran "military-style training camps" and obtained firearms, rifles, grenades, IEDs, and rocket launchers, among other weaponry. They also reportedly planned murders and other violent crimes in El Salvador, the US, and other countries.
According to the indictment, the gang's illegal "board of directors" oversaw its activities globally and gave "green lights"—essentially, instructions to execute—to destroy competitors, disloyal members, or law enforcement officers.
Originally founded as a street gang in Los Angeles by immigrants from Central America in the 1980s, MS-13, commonly referred to as "La Mara Salvatrucha," developed into one of the most deadly criminal groups in the nation. It is associated with many violent machete homicides, including those that happened on Long Island. 2017 saw the indictment of at least twelve alleged MS-13 members for their roles in seven killings. Among these were the horrific murders and disfigurements of three high school students from Brentwood in 2016.
