U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested more than 100 suspected gang members who were in the country illegally over a recent seven-day period, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Fox News Digital.
The arrests, carried out from Oct. 4 through Oct. 10, included 131 people allegedly connected to gangs. DHS said 22 had ties to MS-13 and 13 were affiliated with Tren de Aragua (TdA).
Since President Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, ICE has made 12,018 arrests involving alleged gang members, according to DHS.
“In less than a week, the brave patriots of ICE have arrested more than 100 gang members across the country, including members of MS-13 and Tren de Aragua,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement. “The best that America has to offer are on the frontlines every day to ensure that the worst of humanity cannot threaten or harm innocent Americans.”
Mullin credited Trump’s leadership with enabling ICE to dismantle gangs and cartels, prevent them from operating in the United States and remove their members. “Arresting and deporting illegal aliens, especially gang members, is how we make America safe again,” he said.
One of those arrested was Gustavo Adolfo Flores-Ramirez, a Salvadoran national whom DHS identified as an MS-13 member.
Flores-Ramirez was arrested Wednesday in Las Vegas. DHS said he is wanted in El Salvador on allegations including aggravated homicide, aggravated femicide, rape of a minor or incapacitated person, illegal or irresponsible handling, carrying or possession of firearms, illicit grouping and offenses against public peace.
Authorities have not said when Flores-Ramirez first entered the United States illegally. He was arrested in the country in September 2021 before being deported to Mexico.
DHS said he later reentered the United States illegally at an unknown date, an offense considered a felony.
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Jose Luis Perez-Arrias, a Venezuelan national and alleged TdA member, was arrested Wednesday in Tallahassee, Florida, DHS said.
Officials describe Perez-Arrias as a suspected hitman for Tren de Aragua.
He allegedly entered the United States illegally in October 2023, during Joe Biden’s presidency. Border Patrol agents arrested him and later released him into the country, according to DHS.
Emerson Jossiel Calderon-Hernandez, a Salvadoran national suspected of belonging to MS-13, was arrested Tuesday in Washington, D.C.
DHS said Calderon-Hernandez entered the country illegally in August 2012, while Barack Obama was president, and was released into the United States.
His arrest history includes allegations of second-degree assault, attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, armed robbery, first-degree assault, reckless endangerment and false imprisonment.
A 14-year-old Venezuelan national facing a first-degree murder charge—criminal attempt with extreme indifference—was arrested Tuesday in Denver.
According to DHS, the teenager is associated with Los Piratas, a TdA faction. Authorities said he was carrying a Glock 48 pistol illegally when he was arrested.
The teenager also faces charges of first-degree assault with extreme indifference, first-degree kidnapping, aggravated criminal extortion, illegal discharge of a weapon and conspiracy.
