
Members of Task Force Vulcan, a unit created during the first Trump administration to dismantle the MS-13 gang, were reportedly directed to dismiss charges against high-ranking gang leaders while simultaneously building a new case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
The New York Times noted that in April the task force moved to drop criminal charges against Vladimir Arévalo Chávez, who stood accused of multiple murders, in order to deport him to El Salvador.