The “worst of the worst’’ MS-13 leader busted a half-hour from the US Capitol on Thursday was recruited by the killer gang while still in middle school, officials said — as they released his

Federal authorities arrested Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos, a 24-year-old alleged leader of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, early Thursday morning in northern Virginia, according to the Trump administration.

"Today’s arrest of a top MS-13 leader is a major win for public safety — and a reminder of the real threats that violent gangs pose to our communities," he wrote in a statemen

Attorney General Pam Bondi shares details about the arrest of an alleged top leader of the MS-13 gang on "The Ingraham Angle."

The alleged MS-13 leader taken into custody this morning in Virginia is Henrry Villatoro Santos, according to a DOJ official and court records unsealed Thursday.

Neighbors are shocked and law enforcement is praising the team work that brought an accused high-ranking leader of the MS-13 gang into custody in Virginia Thursday. The FBI confirmed to WUSA9 that 24-year-old Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos from El Salvador was taken into custody Thursday morning.

The alleged MS-13 leader, Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos, 24, a citizen of El Salvador, was arrested at his home in Woodbridge, Virginia last week.

Officials captured Santos in Woodbridge, Virginia, just south of Washington, D.C., and charged him with being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm. He is one of the top three leaders of the MS-13 gang in the U.S., they said.