DOJ asks to dismiss case for 'worst of the worst' alleged MS-13 leader weeks after arrest
SUMMARY
The DOJ filed a motion to drop its case against Henrry Jose Villatoro Santos, a 24-year-old Salvadoran nabbed March 27 in Woodbridge, Virginia, for illegal firearm possession. FBI agents found a Taurus 9mm, three other guns, ammo, and suppressors in his bedroom. Attorney General Pam Bondi hyped him as an MS-13 East Coast kingpin at a March 27 presser with FBI Director Kash Patel, vowing, “He won’t be here long.” Now, they’re fast-tracking his deportation, with Bondi calling him a “terrorist” facing removal as of April 9. But his lawyer, Muhammed Sayed, fired back that night, begging a judge to delay the dismissal, worried ICE might ship him to El Salvador’s hellhole prison without due process—echoing the March 15 flub when Kilmar Abrego Garcia, another alleged MS-13 guy, got deported from Maryland. Sayed’s motion slams Bondi’s “breathless” claims, saying they’re rushing to dump Villatoro Santos to dodge prosecution.
