According to recent reports, authorities within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested an illegal immigrant gang leader who is wanted for the murder of 23 individuals in Peru. ICE announced the arrest of 38-year-old Gianfranco Torres-Navarro, who was detained in Endicott, New York, roughly 150 miles northwest of New York City.
Torres-Navarro was reportedly released into the United States by the Biden-Harris administration on May 16 at the southern border with Mexico after he had unlawfully entered the country. The incident is just the latest consequence of the Biden-Harris administration’s inability to control the rampant illegal immigration that has poured into the country over the past several years.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) raised concerns about the arrest of Torres-Navarro and the lack of border security from the current administration. “It should alarm every American that a Peruvian gang leader, who has murdered 23 people, crossed our border and was released into the country. The Biden-Harris Administration’s open border policies are terrorizing our communities,” Johnson said.
“Gianfranco Torres-Navarro poses a significant threat to our communities, and we won’t allow New York to be a safe haven for dangerous noncitizens,” according to ERO Buffalo Field Office Director Thomas P. Brophy in a statement about the arrest of the gang leader. “Well done by our ERO Buffalo officers who brought this individual into custody.”
Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin reported about the incident on X, writing, “ICE Buffalo arrested a Peruvian gang leader yesterday who is wanted for 23 murders in Peru & was caught and released at the U.S. border in May. Gianfranco Torres-Navarro, leader of “Los Killers”, was arrested by ICE in Endicott, NY, about 145 miles northwest of NYC. ICE tells FOX Torres-Navarro was caught by Border Patrol on May 16th near Roma, TX in the Rio Grande Valley, but was released into the U.S. with a Notice to Appear.
The award-winning journalist continued, “It took almost two months before federal authorities learned he was wanted in Peru for nearly two dozen murders. After being informed, Buffalo based ICE deportation officers found and arrested him yesterday. He is now in ICE detention. Photo of Torres-Navarro below is provided via law enforcement source.”
Amid the Biden-Harris administration’s incompetence in securing the southern border, there have been widespread concerns about dangerous illegal immigrants entering the country. The American Tribune reported on findings that the Biden-Harris administration had released approximately 99 illegal immigrants into the United States who were on the terror watchlist.
“Under the Biden-Harris Administration, of the more than 250 illegal aliens on the terrorist watchlist who were encountered by Border Patrol at the southwest border between fiscal years 2021 and 2023, DHS has released into American communities at least 99, with at least 34 others in DHS custody but not yet removed from the United States,” according to a report from the House Judiciary Committee.
House Speaker Johnson also visited the southern border recently, where he illustrated the scale of illegal immigration. He said, “Kamala Harris and 198 House Democrats want to allow illegal aliens to decide American elections right now, and every noncitizen can do that, and there’s no real impediment except the honor system. We don’t believe that is going to work. Our elections are too narrow and too important to allow this to happen, especially since the administration is now on track to report 10 million encounters with illegals before October. That’s the official number. We believe, I personally believe, members of Congress believe the number is probably closer to somewhere in the 16 million person range.”
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