The Brief
- ICE officials arrested a Salvadoran national known to belong to the 18th Street Gang.
- Walter Bladimir Lopez-Ayala had been removed from the U.S. in 2020 but reentered the country illegally at a later date, officials say.
- He was arrested February 20 in Sterling, VA.
STERLING, Va. – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement say they have apprehended a Salvadoran national and ‘documented member of the 18th Street Gang’ last month.
What we know:
ICE officials say they arrested Walter Bladimir Lopez-Ayala in Sterling, Virginia on February 20. According to ICE, Lopez-Ayala illegally reentered the United States after being arrested at the U.S. Border near Rio Grande Valley in 2016 and ordered removed from the United States to El Salvador in 2020. …