U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested 131 gang-affiliated individuals nationwide between Oct. 4 and Oct. 10, the Department of Homeland Security said. The arrests included 22 members of MS-13 and 13 members of Tren de Aragua.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said ICE agents arrested "more than 100 gang members" in less than a week. Mullin pointed to the enforcement push as a priority under President Trump's administration.
Since Trump took office in 2025, ICE has conducted 12,018 gang-related arrests, according to DHS figures.
Among those apprehended was Gustavo Adolfo Flores-Ramirez, identified by DHS as an MS-13 member from El Salvador. Flores-Ramirez was arrested in Las Vegas on Wednesday and faces multiple charges in El Salvador, including aggravated homicide, aggravated femicide, rape of a minor and illegal possession of firearms.
U.S. authorities previously arrested Flores-Ramirez in September 2021 and deported him to Mexico. He subsequently re-entered the United States illegally, which constitutes a felony.
Another arrestee was Jose Luis Perez-Arrias, a Venezuelan national and Tren de Aragua member taken into custody in Tallahassee, Florida, on Wednesday.
The arrests follow a controversy involving U.S. District Judge Jinsook Ohta, who ordered the release of David Antonio Aviles Perez, an MS-13 gang member sought for aggravated murder in El Salvador. Aviles Perez had been in federal custody. DHS General Counsel James Percival defended the department's efforts to detain gang members wanted for serious crimes abroad.
