A dangerous MS-13 local ringleader believed to be linked to nearly a dozen murders in the US was arrested on Long Island on April 1 after four years on the run.
Joel Vargas-Escobar, who also went by “Momia,” was nabbed by FBI agents in Westbury, Nassau County, for his alleged role in 11 murders across Nevada and California, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada announced. NY Post reporter Allie Griffin shares this story.