Feds Move To Drop Charges Against High-Ranking MS-13 Gang Leaders: Report

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — Federal prosecutors on Long Island have moved to drop all charges against two high-ranking MS-13 gang leaders, according to a report by Newsday.

The outlet said that prosecutors have dropped charges against Cesar Humberto Lopez-Larios, and Vladimir Antonio Arevalo-Chavez, two high-ranking MS-13 leaders who were indicted on numerous charges, including racketeering, conspiracy to finance terrorism and narco-terrorism.

According to the report, two national news outlets reported that the "highly unusual moves" by federal prosecutors to drop the charges were part of an agreement between President Donald Trump and El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele, "who had allegedly pushed for the return of some MS-13 gang members to advance himself politically."

Newsday said that prosecutors cited "geopolitical and national security concerns of the United States" in dismissing the indictment against one of the defendants.

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