An MS-13 gang leader wanted for murder in his home country of El Salvador has been deported after being arrested in Foxboro, but allowed to stay by seeking asylum during the Biden administration.

Wilmer Alexy Garcia-Manzanarez, 46, was swept up in Operation Patriot and Operation Patriot 2.0 in Massachusetts this fall, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday. He also had an Interpol “Red Notice” out for his immediate arrest for the murder charge in El Salvador.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said last month that more than 1,400 illegal immigrants have been arrested in the sanctuary state sweeps. Add Garcia-Manzanarez to that list, the Herald was told.

“The Biden administration let this MS-13 gang member and wanted murderer claim fear of returning to El Salvador despite having a final order of removal and three prior deportations. Of course a wanted murderer does not want to return to his country to face justice for his crimes,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.

“Thanks to President Trump and Secretary Noem, this criminal illegal alien is OUT of our country. The days of the world’s criminals indefinitely remaining in our country are over,” McLaughlin added.

U.S. Border Patrol arrested Garcia-Manzanarez after he illegally entered the U.S. through the Canadian border on March 6, 2001, and was released into the country.

On March 18, 2002, an immigration judge ordered Garcia-Manzanarez removed to El Salvador.

Between January 2007 and October 2012, ICE officers removed Garcia-Manzanarez from the U.S. to El Salvador three times. He illegally re-entered a fourth time.

Authorities in El Salvador soon issued a warrant for Garcia-Manzanarez‘s arrest. In January 2020, Interpol posted a Red Notice for the apprehension of Garcia-Manzanarez.

DHS told the Herald Garcia-Manzanarez also committed several crimes while in the U.S, from burglary, menacing/intimidation with a weapon, driving under the influence of alcohol, property damage, to driving without a license.

He was first arrested in Foxboro in February of 2004, according to DHS, but somehow was allowed to stay here, claiming he feared being returned to El Salvador. He was deported earlier this month.

The feds in Massachusetts have long targeted the MS-13 gang, with many now serving prison sentences following the murder of teenagers in and around Boston.