Overview
- A top MS-13 leader wanted for the aggravated homicide of five people was arrested Wednesday in Omaha under a targeted operation.
- ICE Homeland Security Investigations and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives carried out the arrest after receiving a tip.
- Agents also detained 30-year-old Rene Saul Escobar Ochoa, an associate accused of ordering multiple homicides and overseeing drug trafficking.
- Authorities said both men were living illegally in the U.S. and posed a severe threat to the Omaha community.
- The arrest leverages MS-13’s January designation as a foreign terrorist organization to expand federal prosecutorial powers.