ICE Houston removes MS-13 gang member wanted for aggravated homicide in El Salvador

HOUSTON — A Salvadoran fugitive and known MS-13 gang member wanted for aggravated homicide in his home country was removed Thursday by deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Victor Manuel Campos Cruz, 27, was flown from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, to the Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport in San Salvador, El Salvador, on a charter flight coordinated by ICE’s Air Operations Unit. Upon arrival, Campos Cruz was turned over to officials from El Salvador’s Civilian National Police (PNC).

“Identifying and removing foreign fugitives from the United States is an ICE priority,” said ICE Field Office Director Patrick Contreras, with the Houston office of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).  “The ongoing cooperation between the United States and Salvadoran governments resulted in this foreign fugitive being safely returned to his home country where he will stand trial for his alleged crimes.”

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