MS-13 leader extradited to U.S. to face federal prosecution in Brooklyn

José Wilfredo Ayala-Alcántara, better known as 'El Indio de Hollywood,' was extradited to the United States on Thursday, and arrived in the Eastern District of New York, where he will face serious charges from federal prosecutors along with 12 other key MS-13 gang members.

The gang members are accused of running the transnational criminal organization.

Arrestado | FBI

Ayala-Alcántara was on the FBI's most-wanted criminal list and had an arrest warrant in Houston, Texas.

He was arrested last Tuesday, April 18, in Mexico City in an operation coordinated with the support of agents from the Mexican Navy-Navy Secretariat (Semar) and the National Intelligence Center (CNI).

La @SSC_CDMX en coordinación con #CNI e @INAMI_mx detuvieron a un hombre que pertenece al grupo delictivo Mara Salvatrucha; era buscado por los delitos federales de Homicidio, Robo, Portación de Armas, y cuenta con una orden aprehensión en Houston. pic.twitter.com/5gzjt1y8vZ

— Omar Garcia Harfuch (@OHarfuch) April 18, 2023

The Mexican authorities said that the detainee of Salvadoran nationality was wanted for homicide, aggravated robbery, possession of a weapon of war, use of false documentation, among other crimes.

Thanks to an informant, the authorities located him with a false identity, in the municipalities of Mixquiahuala and Tunititlán, in Hidalgo, as well as in the center of Mexico City.

Ayala-Alcántara had been formally charged on Feb. 23, 2023, following the arrests of other MS-13 members linked to him: Vladimir Antonio Arévalo Chávez, Walter Yovani Hernandez Rivera, and Marlon Antonio Menjivar Portillo.