Exclusive | Activist court frees illegal migrant MS-13 gangster after prostitution bust and deportation order
An “activist court” in Southern California freed an MS-13 gangster with a prior arrest for prostitution to roam the streets – after an immigration judge previously ordered him deported from the country, federal authorities said.ICE agents arrested documented MS-13 member David Eduardo Mejia-Martinez, 32, in a targeted immigration raid in Sherman Oaks, California on Nov.2, according to authorities.
His criminal history includes a prior arrest for prostitution, according to court records.Following his immigration arrest, the Salvadoran national was held at Adelanto ICE Processing Center, a high-security detention facility in Adelanto, Ca., until he was freed Sept.9 by the US District Court of the Central District of California.Immigration officials still aren’t sure when or where Mejia-Martinez entered the country, but they are certain he did so illegally.
US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said he never should’ve been released from custody.“Because an activist court in California demanded his release before he could be deported, this dangerous criminal is back on the streets and is free to continue threatening American lives,” Mullin said.Mejia-Martinez had been trying to win his freedom from federal custody since March 9 when the Central District issued a temporary restraining order and a no-transfer order after he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing he had been unlawfully detained.A Department of Justice Immigration Judge denied Mejia-Martinez’s request for release on bond on April 30, labeling him as a flight risk and a danger to the community.The Immigration Judge ordered him deported to El Salvador on August 7.Despite the deportation order, and Mejia-Martinez’s status as a flight risk and dangerous criminal, the Central District on Sept.
8 granted his petition for habeas corpus.He was released the following day and is now free as authorities track his location via GPS.It’s unclear when Mejia-Martinez is nex...