According to the submission, “The above is a fairly straightforward procedural history,” “But in the background of this routine legal process, the United States government,
At its highest levels, has been publicly and loudly propagating allegations that Mr. Villatoro Santos ‘is one of the top leaders of MS-13’ and ‘one of the leaders for the East Coast,
One of the top in the entire country,’ claims made by Attorney General Pam Bondi at a high-level press conference on March 27, 2025.”
Villatoro Santos was ordered to remain in detention by U.S. Magistrate Judge William Porter of the Eastern District of Virginia on April 1.
At the time of the hearing, the defense was not requesting release. Audrey Conklin and David Spunt of Fox News contributed to this story.
