A suspected senior member of the criminal MS-13 gang has been captured, FBI Director Kash Patel announced on March 18.
Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales, 47, of El Salvador, who is on the FBI’s “10 Most Wanted” list, stands accused of several offenses for “his alleged role in ordering numerous acts of violence against civilians and rival gang members, as well as his role in drug distribution and extortion schemes in the United States and El Salvador,” according to his wanted poster.
“He was arrested in Mexico and is being transported within the U.S. as we speak, where he will face American justice,” Patel wrote on social media platform X. “This is a major victory both for our law enforcement partners and for a safer America.”...
