During the afternoon of last Sunday, March 16, 23 gang members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) They entered the terrorism confinement center (CECOT) In El Salvador, and among those moved was César Humberto López Larios, aka “The Stoners Greñas”, One of the two leaders of the terrorist and criminal organization.
In turn, the second leader deported to El Salvador was César Eliseo Sorto Amayawho was sentenced to 50 years in jail by Double aggravated homicide On April 22, 2024 in San Salvador, and is currently accused by the Department of Justice in the USA for conspiracy, narco -terrorism and terrorist financing.
According to the New Jersey Court in the United States, Eliseo Sorto Amaya was deported to El Salvador on September 7, 2017. However, the authorities mentioned that “there is no registration on the date or place” of the re-entry From the gang to US territory until its capture in February 2025.
On Tuesday, February 18, the Government of El Salvador communicated with the agents of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICEfor its acronym in English) to notify them that Sorto Amaya was sought by the Salvadoran authorities and provided them with a address In New Jersey where he was allegedly.
Who is César Eliseo Sorto Amaya?
“A citizen of El Salvador who was previously convicted of double homicide and sentenced to 50 years in prison in his country was accused of re -enter illegally to the United States, ”announced the interim federal prosecutor Vikas Khannawho was in charge of informing about the capture of the leader of the Mara Salvatrucha.
The Salvadoran gang member César Eliseo Sorto Amaya, 28 years oldhe was accused on March 1 of illegally re -entering the United States and appeared before the federal judge José Almonte in the Newark federal court, New Jersey, where documents were presented, public statements and testimonies before the court.
According to US authorities, since January 2015, César Eliseo Sorto Amaya has been deported and has illegally re -entered the United States in three occasionsincluding once in which he was expelled to El Salvador after being convicted of possession of weapons In the city of ElizabethNew Jersey.
Subsequently, in April 2024, Sorto Amaya was sentenced in rebellion in El Salvador for double -aggravated and sentenced homicide to 50 years. Therefore, the Salvadoran authorities worked together with the Federal Research Office (FBI) and ICE to locate and capture one of the Maximum bosses of the MS-13.
Until now, no more details have been released on the crimes of César Eliseo. However, Sorto Amaya is considered “one of the members of the structure of leadership”From the Mara Salvatrucha in El Salvador, Mexico and the United States, whose activities include drug traffickingextortion, smuggling of arms and kidnapping.
“The capture of these leaders is a significant achievement for the application of the law and another crucial step in the dismantling From this international terrorist organization of criminal gangs, ”said Salvadoran President, Nayib Bukele, who will also receive more than 300 members of the Venezuelan group in the CECOT Aragua train.
ICE Newark, with @Fbinewarkarrested Cesar Eliseo Sorto-Amaya, Citizen of El Salvador, for Illegal Re-entry into the United States. The Three Times-Removed MS-13 gang Member is a fugitive wnted for two homicides overseas.
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– Ero Newark (@eronewark) March 3, 2025