Attorney General Pam Bondi announced in a nationally televised press conference in late March the arrest of Josue Villatoro Santos, a Virginia man who she claimed was the MS-13 leader for the East Coast. Two weeks later, the Department of Justice is moving to drop its criminal case against him.
Bondi said Villatoro Santos was responsible for "very violent crimes, anything you can associate with MS-13." "He was the leader over it, all of the violent crimes," added Bondi, who also claimed the man had been "recruited in middle school."
