Two Notorious Salvadoran Gang Members Expelled from Belize

Two dangerous members of the notorious 18^th Street Gang from El Salvador were expelled from Belize. According to Salvadoran media, the men wanted for homicide and extortion were arrested after a coordinated effort between police and authorities in Guatemala and Belize. The suspects, identified as Rafael Miguel Ángel Leiva and Óscar Francisco Portillo Álvarez, also known as “Ninja,” were detained and later expelled from Belize to Guatemala, and then to El Salvador  where they will face prosecution. According to reports, El Salvador’s Minister of Security, Gustavo Villatoro, confirmed that the men will be tried in the country’s Courts against Organised Crime. Our newsroom understands that the operation, which involved INTERPOL investigators from Guatemala and Belizean authorities, culminated in the gang members’ handover at the adjacency zone in Melchor de Mencos, Petén.