Corpus Christi (kIII News) — The U.S. Border Patrol arrested a member of the MS-13 gang on the Fourth of July at the Sarita checkpoint just south of Kingsville, Texas.
Agents arrested a Salvadoran national at the Sarita checkpoint after they came across a vehicle containing drugs and weapons. The Salvadoran national is a U.S. citizen but after a background check it was discovered that he is a member of the notorious MS-13 gang.
He was arrested and turned over to the Kenedy County Sheriff's Department.
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