WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to drop a gun charge against a man Attorney General Pam Bondi last month called a leader of the MS-13 gang in the U.S., a court filing showed.
Federal authorities arrested Henry Josue Villatoro Santos, 24, last month in Virginia and charged him with illegal gun possession by an alien.
In court papers, federal prosecutors said law enforcement officials “observed indicia of MS-13 association” while searching Villatoro’s bedroom, after raiding his home and arresting him on an administrative immigration warrant. They made no other references to MS-13 and his alleged leadership role.
At a press conference, Bondi described him as one of the top leaders of the MS-13 gang in the United States and said he would not be “living in our country much longer.”
(Reporting by Andrew Goudsward; Editing by Scott Malone)
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