BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have arrested Melvin Varela Perez, a notorious MS-13 kingpin, in Omaha, Nebraska. Varela Perez had been on El Salvador’s most wanted list for nearly a decade but was reportedly released into the United States after crossing the border illegally in 2023.
Authorities say this arrest highlights a major failure in the U.S. border vetting system. Despite being on international watch lists, including El Salvador’s top 100 most-wanted criminals in 2016 and 2019, Varela Perez was paroled into the country last year.
Interview Excerpt with Border Security Advisor Tom Homan
Host: “How in the world could that have happened?”
Homan:
“This is just one example of what we've seen over the last four years. The Biden administration lied when they said everyone released into the country was properly vetted—they weren’t.
This information about Perez was public and easily found, yet the administration’s main directive to Border Patrol has been ‘process quickly, release quickly.’ They wanted to avoid overcrowding to claim the border was secure. Meanwhile, they kept lying to the American people. Under President Trump, we deported countless criminals—including murderers and sex offenders—because they were properly vetted. But under Biden, that system collapsed.”
Host John:
“Perez was arrested alongside another man, Rene Escobar, who had an Interpol red notice for conspiracy to commit murder. How did they miss that?”
Homan:
“It’s incompetence. Border Patrol under this administration was told to process as quickly as possible, with limited vetting. ICE was restricted from arresting people just for being here illegally unless they had a conviction, not just a warrant. That’s how these criminals slipped through. We’re now working across the country trying to find and remove the dangerous people this administration released.”
On the Scale of the Problem
Homan warned that Perez and Escobar are only the tip of the iceberg:
“We know there are 600,000 illegal aliens with criminal records walking the streets of this country. We have 2 million known ‘got-aways’—people who crossed the border under Biden without being stopped or vetted at all. We’re working with ICE, the FBI, and the intelligence community to track them down.”
Pushback Against Criticism of ICE
Homan defended ICE agents facing public criticism:
“The media keeps lying about ICE raids in schools and churches—which isn’t happening. We’re focusing on public safety threats. These men and women are American heroes.
But from day one, we knew they’d be vilified. The opposition hates Trump more than they love their communities. But we’re not giving up. We have over a thousand teams looking every single day. We are not stopping.”
Local Homeland Security Reaction
Mark Zeno of Homeland Security Investigations praised the arrests, saying:
“These illegal aliens didn’t just sneak into our country. They brought a legacy of violence, terror, and death. They thought they could hide in America’s heartland, but were sadly mistaken. Not on our watch.”
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