El Salvador gang member arrested on Via Argentina

A  MAN SUSPECTED  of being member of Mara Salvatrucha one of the most notorious  criminal  gangs in in El Salvador, was arrested on Via Argentina on Saturday October 22.

Jorge Luis Medrano Blanco, 33, was being sought by the National Immigration Service (SNM), because his Panama residence permit in the country had expired.

When police, asked for his identity papers, they noticed  that Medrano had   several tattoos on his anatomy, identifying him as an alleged member of the Central American gang.

Three months after entering the country, El Salvador  authorities notified Panama Immigration that  he was  linked to criminal groups and the hunt began.

The man, who admitted having belonged to the gang  is being held by the  SNM while  the relevant procedures for deportation are made.