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U.S. Attorney for the federal district of Nebraska Lesley A. Woods announces that Gerson Emir Cuadra Soto, of Grand Island, is charged in federal court with illegal entry of an unlawfully present alien.
Woods, in a news release, says an unsealed complaint affidavit underlying the arrest alleges Cuadra Soto, a Honduran national, was a leader in MS-13, who was part of a professional assassination squad for the criminal organization.
After being charged in Honduras in 2022 with firearms charges related to a quadruple homicide, Cuadra Soto and two co-defendants were allegedly able to bribe their way out of the Honduran jail.
Following the bribe, Cuadra Soto is alleged to have entered the U.S. illegally in 2022 by crossing into Texas from Mexico.
From there, the complaint alleges Cuadra Soto obtained a California driver’s license in his true identity.
Federal agents then tracked him to Nebraska where Cuadra Soto established a residence in Grand Island.
He was arrested without incident this week in Grand Island.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security Investigations.
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