MS-13 Gang Members, Child Sex Offender Arrested in Texas: Border Patrol

Patches line the bottom of the border barrier where illegal immigrants cut through the fence, along the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego on July 12, 2017. Joshua Philipp/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Border Patrol says three illegal immigrants affiliated with the MS-13 and 18th Street gangs were arrested in Texas.

A Honduran man who was confirmed to be a member of MS-13 was picked up by Border Patrol agents in Falfurrias, Texas on Thursday. They said that agents in Rio Grande City arrested a Guatemalan national who had ties to the 18th Street gang. The next day, agents in Weslaco arrested an El Salvadoran man who was identified as an MS-13 member, the Border Patrol reported today.