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ICE and FBI Arrest MS-13 Gang Member Alejandro Perla Cruz in New York

ICE New York City Fugitive Operations officers and FBI Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force agents arrested 37-year-old Salvadoran national Alejandro Perla Cruz, an MS-13 gang member, during a targeted vehicle stop in Middleton, New York on April 13, 2026. Perla is wanted in El Salvador for homicide and narcotics trafficking and entered the United States illegally without inspection. He remains in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.