U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents caught a top cartel operative at the northern border in the latest significant arrest of a criminal illegal alien in Michigan.
On Saturday, USBP Detroit Sector Chief John R. Morris announced the recent apprehension of Melquiades Salgado-Garza in Gibraltar, a small city on the Detroit River directly across from Ontario.
Agents from Gibraltar station assisted local authorities in arresting Salgado-Garza, a “leader of hitmen with the Gulf cartel,” according to Chief Morris.
“Salgado’s criminal history includes felony charges for burglary, forgery and immigration.”
Alert! 🚨Gulf Cartel gang hitman, no less, arrested in Gibraltar, MI. The GC is considered "one of the oldest" criminal syndicates in Mexico. https://t.co/LHl27KU3Mc
— Izzy Lyman (@IzzyLyman) February 8, 2025
The Gulf Cartel is a powerful international criminal network founded in Mexico and considered one of the oldest in the country.
Last weekend, USBP agents captured a Tren de Aragua gangbanger who was in the process of committing a crime on Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula.
The Venezuelan illegal was “attempting to retrieve a previously seized vehicle” in Sault Ste. Marie at the time of his apprehension, USBP Chief Mike Banks explained.
USBP agents in Sault Sainte Marie, MI, apprehended a Venezuelan Tren de Agua gang member attempting to retrieve a previously seized vehicle. The individual was turned over to ICE ERO for removal.#DYK So far in FY25, USBP has apprehended 174 illegal aliens with gang… pic.twitter.com/9pkOgFaA8q
— Chief Michael W. Banks (@USBPChief) February 4, 2025
Days later, a Special Interest Alien from Uzbekistan was caught by USBP agents from Sault Ste. Marie Station.
U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Sault Ste. Marie Station arrested an illegal alien Monday from Uzbekistan, a Special Interest Country. "Special interest aliens" are from countries identified suspected of potentially posing a national security threat to the United States. pic.twitter.com/k3cf4Xobqu
— Chief Patrol Agent John R.Morris (@USBPChiefDTM) February 4, 2025
A Special Interest Alien potentially poses a national security risk to the United States or its interests, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
This article was originally published at InfoWars.com
