U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Marshals Service have arrested Luis Enrique Baires, a 28-year-old criminal from El Salvador. Baires was apprehended during a routine traffic stop on February 21 in Des Moines, Iowa. He is wanted in El Salvador for two counts of aggravated homicide, conspiracy related to aggravated homicide, and illicit associations with the MS-13 gang.
“Rural Iowa is not immune from central American criminals like Baires, and we will continue to face the challenge of tracking down and arresting the worst of the worst,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations St. Paul Field Office Director Matthew Putra. “Thanks to U.S. Marshals Service for assisting us in this arrest to keep communities safe.”
Baires remains in ICE custody without bond as he awaits his removal proceedings.
For further updates on ICE's enforcement efforts in the St. Paul Area of Operations, which includes Minneapolis, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska, follow them on X at @EROSaintPaul.
