One year into President Trump’s second term, DHS has arrested 7,000 illegal immigrant gang members, comprising a rogue’s gallery of murderers, kidnappers and thieves who have either already been removed from the country or are on their way out for good.
The milestone is the result of a lot of hard work by immigration agencies, and represents a massive departure from the Biden administration, whose open-border policies enabled millions of illegal migrants to flood into the country with virtually no safety checks in place.
“When we say we are targeting the worst of the worst, this is what exactly we mean,” said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
“Many of these were let in by Joe Biden and should have never been in this country. These vicious criminals murdered, assaulted, robbed, and terrorized innocent Americans for sport. But under President Trump’s and Secretary [Kristi] Noem’s leadership, ICE is turbocharged to arrest even more gang members and make America safe again.”
The coast-to-coast enforcement operations have been waged amid an unprecedented climate of violence and hostility toward immigration agents, who have faced a more than 1,300% increase in assaults since the start of Trump’s second term.
DHS chalks this staggering figure up to lefty politicians who knowingly stoke the flames of anti-ICE sentiment to virtue-signal against the administration’s historic illegal immigration crackdown.
ICE has rounded up criminal thugs from more than a dozen gangs, including the Crips, the Bloods, Norentos, MS-13, Tren de Aragua, Asian Boys, Trinitarios, the Latin Kings and many more.
Some of the “worst of the worst” gang members arrested by ICE in the last year, who entered the country illegally from all over the world, include:
- Vicente Paul Carreno-Aular, a criminal illegal immigrant from Venezuela and active Tren de Aragua gang member with a monstrous rap sheet including arrests for homicide, assault, cruelty towards child, domestic violence, and damage to property. He entered the US in 2022 and was turned loose by the Biden administration. ICE arrested him on February 28, 2025, and the Trump administration removed him on Sept. 12, 2025.
- Kevin Elenilson Avalos Diaz, a Salvadoran national and known associate of MS-13, previously convicted of homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide, kidnapping and arrested for arson, battery, armed carjacking, and assault. He entered the country illegally in 2016 and was released into the country by the Obama administration. ICE arrested him on Jan. 8, 2026.
- Nester Fabian Londono, an illegal immigrant from Colombia and associate of the Latin Kings gang. He was previously convicted of homicide, voluntary manslaughter, smuggling heroin, and DUI. He was previously removed in 2011 and re-entered the US illegally at an unknown date and time. ICE arrested him on Dec. 5, 2025.
- Carlos Yuniol Pimentel-Ortiz, a criminal from the Dominican Republic and known associate of the Trinitarios gang, previously convicted of aggravated assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon, and arrested for homicide, drug trafficking, and selling heroin. He was previously removed in 2023 and entered the US illegally at an unknown date and time. Ice arrested him on March 21, 2025.
- Juan Antonio Jaimes-Lazaro, a native of Mexico and member of the Mexican Mafia. He was previously convicted of homicide, battery, aggravated assault with a weapon, and smuggling contraband into a prison. ICE arrested him on Aug. 12, 2025.
- Yony Ledesma-Pedrazza, a criminal illegal immigrant from Mexico and Nortenos gang member. His criminal history includes homicide, burglary, aggravated assault, and robbery. ICE arrested him on Jan. 14, 2026.
- Thanh Phuc Luong, a Vietnam national and Asian Boys gang member who was convicted of assault, carrying concealed weapon, probation violation, and running an illegal gambling business. Luong was also arrested for homicide and possessing amphetamine. ICE arrested him on Aug. 10, 2025, and removed him on Nov. 24, 2025.
- Sy Reouth, a criminal migrant from Cambodia and a Crips gang member who was convicted of homicide, robbery, and battery. He was released into the US by the Biden administration. ICE arrested him on March 4, 2025, and removed him on April 2, 2025.
- Raul Maceda Dominguez, an illegal immigrant from Cuba and a Bloods gang member, who was convicted for multiple homicides and burglary. ICE arrested him on Oct. 27, 2025, and removed him on Jan. 6, 2026.
