In a coordinated raid in a Northern Virginia neighborhood Thursday morning, federal, state, and local law enforcement agents arrested the top East Coast leader of the MS-13 street gang. The operation struck a blow to the violent nationwide criminal organization while also implicating the role of “sanctuary cities” in increasing gang activity.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the raid and the 24-year-old suspect’s arrest on X, saying he is from El Salvador and in the U.S. illegally.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin took time during his portion of the post-raid press conference to address how sanctuary cities in Virginia have allowed criminal illegal alien gangs to happen: “Local jurisdictions that claim ‘sanctuary city’ status are absolutely unacceptable.”
His implication of the existence of sanctuary cities started a flurry of social media “fact-checking”…
