A reputed Peruvian linked to 23 murders in Peru, was by US immigration officials. Gianfranco Torres-Navarro, the alleged head of the , wanted for a back home, was apprehended in Endicott, New York, roughly 145 miles from the Big Apple, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's announcement on Thursday. He is now detained at a federal holding center near Buffalo, awaiting an immigration court date.
Torres-Navarro, 38, slipped into the US undetected across the Texas-Mexico border on May 16. He was caught that very day and slapped with a notice to appear before immigration authorities, ICE detailed. US authorities sprung into action to detain Torres-Navarro after getting wind on July 8 of his wanted status in Peru.
"Gianfranco Torres-Navarro poses a significant threat to our communities, and we won't allow New York to be a safe haven for dangerous noncitizens," declared Thomas Brophy, who heads the enforcement removal operations at ICE's Buffalo field office. ICE agents also clamped down on Torres-Navarro's girlfriend, Mishelle Sol Ivanna Ortiz Ubillus, identified by Peruvian law enforcement as his accomplice. She's currently in custody at a Pennsylvania processing facility, per ICE's Online Detainee Locator System.
As of now, online records for the detention of Torres-Navarro and Ortiz Ubillus do not list attorneys available for comment. Peru's justice system confirmed to The Associated Press that it has issued an international arrest warrant for Torres-Navarro and .