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The alleged chief of MS-13 asked to judge the delay after the MJ’s moves to reject the case

A salvadoran allegedly alleged by the American prosecutor Pam Bondi to be one of the main leaders of the Gang MS-13 asks a judge not to reject a criminal case against him, despite the Ministry of Justice on Wednesday, seeking to end the case in favor of expeling him outside the United States in the United States

Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos, who would illegally be in the United States, asks a magistrate judge before the American district court of the Virginia Oriental District to delay the dismissal because he fears that the American government immediately moves to deport it to the Cecot prison of El Salvador without a possibility for regular procedure.

Villatoro Santos was arrested in a residence in Virginia on March 27 in a highly publicized operation early in the morning. After being placed in police custody on an administrative migration of immigration, a search of his room revealed weapons and “Indicia of MS-13 association”, according to an affidavit of an American immigration and customs agent.

The Attorney General Pam Bondi, Center, said that the United States arrested an MS-13 gang leader on Thursday, March 27, 2025.

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Bondi and FBI director Kash Patel were present during the raid early in the morning. During a press conference later in the day, Bondi said that the man arrested in the operation was “one of the main leaders of MS-13” and the “chief of the east coast” for the gang. “He will not live in our country longer,” she added.

Villatoro Santos was charged to the Federal Court of Costing Weapons illegal and was ordered detained while waiting for the trial.

Wednesday morning, the government filed a laconic request aimed at rejecting the case. The explanation offered was simple, but lacked details. “The government no longer wishes to continue instant prosecution at the moment,” said the request.

“As a terrorist, he will now face the deletion process,” said Bondi in a statement on Wednesday.

In this booking photo published by Alexandria, the Virginie sheriff office, Henrry Villatoro Santos, is shown.

Alexandria, Virginia sheriff office

This has led to the particular circumstance of the defendant, Villatoro Santos, asking the court not to immediately end the case.

“The danger that Mr. Villatoro Santos is illegally expelled by ice without regular procedure and moved to Salvador, where he would almost certainly be immediately detained in one of the worst prisons in the world without any right to challenge his withdrawal, is substantial, both in the light of the staging of the government, Muhamad Elsay.

Elsayed noted that he was “very aware of the unusual nature” of the motion.

“But these are unusual times,” he wrote, asking the court to delay the entry of any dismissal order for two weeks to allow Villatoro Santos of time to request help from the immigration lawyer.

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