Leader of street gang wanted for murderous crime spree in Honduras with 24 others has been deported.
Yimi Samario Sevilla Leon, a 30-year-old foreign fugitive and the alleged leader of an ultra-violent faction of the 18th Street gang known as “El Mango” was deported from the US.
After fleeing Honduras, Sevilla illegally entered the U.S. Dec. 21, 2023, near Eagle Pass and was arrested by the Border Patrol. Under the immigration enforcement priorities at the time, he was released into the interior of the U.S. on his own recognizance that same day.
On Feb. 24, 2025, the ICE assistant attaché in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, alerted ERO Houston that Sevilla was wanted in Honduras and believed to be illegally residing in the Houston area. ICE officers tracked down Sevilla and safely took him into custody March 19 during a multiagency operation.
An immigration judge from the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review ordered Sevilla removed from the U.S. on May 28.
