An illegal alien and MS-13 member who is wanted for murder was found and arrested in South Carolina this week following a traffic stop.
Elmer Neftali Martinez-Escobar, a 31-year-old El Salvadoran national who illegally migrated to the United States, was arrested by the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office in Berkeley County, South Carolina.
A deputy with the sheriff’s office ran Martinez-Escobar’s name through the National Crime Information Center, leading him to discover that the suspect was wanted in El Salvador for homicide and was a member of MS-13, a criminal gang.
Martinez-Escobar was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana before being taken to the Hill-Finkea Detention Center. Martinez-Escobar was then placed into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“This traffic stop is a great example of our deputies using their training to identify criminal…
