Melvin Cornejo Sanchez/El Salvador/Gang Affiliation

ICE agents apprehended Melvin Cornejo Sanchez in Fremont, Nebraska. The El Salvador illegal alien faces charges of gang activity, gang affiliation.

The charges filed against Sanchez carry criminal penalties under state law and separately provide grounds for federal immigration enforcement. Local prosecutors will handle the criminal case through the state court system while federal immigration authorities pursue removal in a concurrent proceeding, both matters moving simultaneously on independent timelines.

Sanchez has been placed in federal immigration detention and is scheduled to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge. If ordered removed, Sanchez would be deported to El Salvador.