WASHINGTON – The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement in response to activist federal Judge Jinsook Ohta releasing criminal illegal alien David Antonio Aviles Perez, an MS-13 gang member wanted for murder in El Salvador, from ICE custody in sanctuary California.
“This radical activist judge has put American lives at risk by releasing a wanted murderer,” said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “This is now the SECOND time this dangerous illegal has been released back onto the streets in California. Because sanctuary politicians want to play politics from the bench, innocent Americans are in danger. DHS and ICE will not be deterred by these partisan games. If California’s leaders won’t protect Americans, DHS will.”
On March 26, ICE arrested David Antonio Aviles Perez, who has an international warrant for aggravated murder in El Salvador. His criminal history also includes an arrest in 2023 in California for assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a controlled substance, and petty theft. California’s sanctuary politicians RELEASED this gang member back into California neighbourhoods.
According to reports, Aviles Perez had been held in federal custody pending his removal from the U.S. until Judge Ohta released him last Wednesday from a southern California ICE detention facility.
According to reports, Governor Newsom appointed Judge Ohta to the San Diego County Superior Court in 2020. Then-President Joe Biden appointed her to the federal bench in the Southern District of California in 2021.