McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — A purported member of the MS-13 gang from El Salvador has been arrested outside the infamous Colony Ridge subdivision near Houston, law enforcement officials said.
Luis Miguel Perez-Miranda, 34, was arrested after a manhunt following the murder of a Houston man in the Colony Ridge subdivision, law enforcement says.
Perez has been arrested and removed six times prior from the United States, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said.
Officials say Perez-Miranda has illegally entered the United States at least seven times and was expelled from the United States under Title 42 in August 2021, and removed to El Salvador in September 2009, August 2014, July 2016, March 2019, and March 2023.
Perez-Miranda has also been convicted of drug trafficking, drug possession, and twice for illegally entry while he was illegally present in the U.S., officials said.
MS-13, or the Mara Salvatrucha, earlier this month were among eight Latin American transnational criminal gangs as foreign terrorist organizations.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has named Colony Ridge as an area where undocumented migrants live.
“Without their incredible sacrifice and commitment to execute their mission at the highest level, this dangerous MS-13 gang member who allegedly butchered an innocent man earlier in the day would still be at-large in the community posing a potential threat to every Houstonian he encountered,” ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston Field Office Director Bret Bradford said.
“The residents in Southeast Texas can rest easier knowing this dangerous transnational gang member has been removed from the community and is safely in custody,” ICE Homeland Security Investigations Houston Special Agent in Charge Chad Plantz said. “Thanks to the close relationships we have with our federal, state and local law enforcement partners, we were able to quickly apprehend him within a matter of hours before he could endanger anyone else in the area.”
Sandra Sanchez can be reached at SSanchez@BorderReport.com.
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