An alleged MS-13 gang leader who was arrested in a luxury for town of Virginia was hidden at his mother's house.
Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos, 24, was discovered in a niche that led to a garage, the authorities said.
The migrant without papers is accused of leading the east coast operation of the bloodthirsty MS-13 in the US.
The FBI said it found four guns, ammunition and oppressors in his room in his mother's Woodbridge house.
Santos lived illegally in the US according to Attorney General Pam Bondi and it has since emerged that he has a long criminal past.
The Maine Wire reports that SWAT teams stormed the building on Thursday after he realized that Santos was inside.
When he saw the agents approaching, Santos reportedly dived into an alcove and then refused to surrender.
The agents used Stun Grenades and managed to drag him out of the house and become in custody.
Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos, 24, is an alleged MS-13 gate leader who was arrested in a luxury suburb Virginia
Santos, 24, was discovered in a niche that led to a garage in his mother's house, the authorities said. Shown: Attorney General Pam Bondi on the site of the invasion
Four weapons, ammunition and a silencer were found in his room, according to the FBI.
He was taken into custody in North Virginia in an excellent administrative immigration warrant, according to judicial articles, and was accused of illegal possession of weapons.
Judicial documents obtained by NGO Virginians 4 safe communities reveal that Santos has a rap sheet with a length for drugs and driving behavior.
In 2018 he was arrested for the possession of marijuana and driving without a driver's license.
The following year he was once again arrested for the possession of Marijuana and again in 2023 for managing a non -inspected, uninsured car without a driver's license.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said that Santos had lived illegally in the US.
She said that Santos was 'very dangerous' and was recruited by MS-13 when he was 'very young' before he sustained the ranks.
The administration promoted the arrest as part of its efforts to fulfill campaign injuries to destroy illegal immigration and eliminate gangs.
Images of the firearms that the FBI and DOJ said they recovered from Santos' home
The FBI says they have found a total of four guns, ammunition and suppressors in his room
MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, was one of the eight Latin American criminal organizations declared foreign terrorist organizations last month
The MS-13 gang, or Mara Salvatrucha, was one of the eight Latin American criminal organizations that declared foreign terrorist organizations last month.
In the past decade, the US Department of Justice has intensified its focus on MS-13, which originated as a neighborhood street gang in Los Angeles, but grew into a transnational gang based in El Salvador.
It has members in Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico and thousands of members in the US with countless branches, or 'cliques'.
“We want to make our streets safer,” Bondi told reporters.
The arrest of the suspected cartel boss surprised inhabitants of Dale City, a community for the suburb of half an hour outside Washington, DC
“I am completely surprised to hear that,” a resident told DailyMail.com. “You know, Woodbridge is a bit of an unobtrusive area.”
“I am absolutely surprised to hear that,” he added. “I was aware that there was gang activity, but nothing for that scale.”
