The federal judge of Washington-A on Tuesday granted the request of the Department of Justice to dismiss the criminal case against the alleged leader of the East Coast of the MS-13 to whom prosecutors say that it now intends to deport only one week after the Government maximum.
Henrry’s lawyer Josue Villatoro Santos, in a usual request, urged the judge not to immediately dismiss the case, saying that he feared that his client was deported to a prison in El Salvador without the opportunity to challenge his elimination.
“This was clearly a political decision,” said defense lawyer Muhammad Elsayed to the judge of the election to deport Villatoro Santos.
The motion of dismissal was presented shortly after the Department of Justice made a “high profile show,” Elsayed added.
But Judge Judge William Fitzpatrick said that Puerta in Virginia that the judge cannot the decision of the prosecutors of second place of not looking for a case, and that the Criminal Court is not the appropriate place to seek relief of deportation.
However, Villatoro Santos will not be delivered to the immigration authorities until Friday morning, since the judge decided that his ruling will not enter into force until the end of this week to give the defense the opportunity to explore the power to explore other challenges.
Attorney General Pam Bondi, the director of the FBI Kash Patel and the governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin held a press conference last month to announce the trial of Villatoro Santos, whom they described as one of the three main leaders of MS-13 in the country.
President Donald Trump also published on social networks promoting his judgment, calling him an “important leader.”
But he was only accused in a federal court of a state of mood of the crime of weapons of several firearms that gave the search for his home, cordination to the documents of the Court.
The researchers said they found “Indicia of the MS-13 association” in their room, but prosecutors have not had any other detail in judicial documents about their alleged gang participation.
Villatoro Santos’s lawyer declined to comment to journalists after Tuesday’s hearing.
Elsayed argued that there is a serious risk that his client will be sent to the notorious terrorism confinement center of El Salvador, or a Cecot prison, such as the hungry of other alleged members of deported gangs in recent months the opportunity to challenge his moves.
Elsayed said he has no bones to obtain guarantees from the federal government that he will be placed in the ordinary elimination process and not only “Bair” on a plane to El Salvador.
Since then, the Supreme Court has said that the presumed train, members of the Aragua gang must have the opportunity to challenge their removal before being retired under the Alien Enemies Law.