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MS-13 leader, one of FBI's most wanted fugitives, arrested at California-Mexico border

MS-13 graffiti in Los Angeles in April 2018.

LOS ANGELES — A senior leader of the MS-13 street gang who was one of the FBI's most wanted gang fugitives was quietly arrested earlier this month at the California-Mexico border on narco-terrorism charges, authorities said.

Freddy Ivan Jandres-Parada, 48, also known as Lucky De Park View, was taken into custody on March 7 by federal authorities at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego County, sources told The Times. Federal officials did not disclose

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