Salvadoran ‘gang member’ arrested in New Orleans, US Border Patrol reports
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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The U.S. Border Patrol reports that a suspected gang member from El Salvador has been arrested in New Orleans.
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According to USBP Chief Jason Owens, Lorenzo Alexander Benitez was arrested during a traffic stop.
Owens said Benitez is a member of the MS-13 gang and “will be prosecuted for felony re-entry after previously being deported from the United States.”
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