US Marshals rescue missingteen during operation toarrest alleged MS-13 gangmember in Frederick County
FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. — A fugitive apprehension operation has led
to the finding of a missing teen and the arrest of a citizen of El Salvador
in Frederick County.
U.S. Marshals, in coordination with the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office,
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – Enforcement and
Removal Operations (ERO), and Homeland Security Investigations,
coordinated the operation on Thursday.
Law enforcement arrested Denis Misael Dominguez Reyes, 27, an alleged
member of the MS-13 street gang, in an effort to remove him as ordered
by federal immigration authorities.
During the operation, authorities learned that Dominguez Reyes may
have been harboring a 16-year-old girl, who was also from El Salvador,
who was reported missing to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office.
Dominguez Reyes was arrested in the 500 block of W. 7th Street in
Frederick. Following his arrest, the teen was found, safely recovered, and
turned over to local authorities to reunite with her family.
He will remain in ICE custody and is still subject to removal, per the U.S.
Marshals Service.
“Assisting our state and local partners to recover critically missing
children is a top priority of the United States Marshals Service,” said
Clinton J. Fuchs, U.S. Marshal for the District of Maryland. “We will
continue to do everything we can to find these children and safely reunite
them with their families.”