An El Salvador man arrested by federal immigration agents outside of a Long Island high school was an MS-13 fugitive wanted by authorities in El Salvador, officials claimed.

The Sept. 3 arrest of Jaime Manuel Perez at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside his son’s school in Brentwood sparked backlash from activists — but federal authorities later said he was actually an international fugitive wanted on charges of extortion and threats to injure a person in his native country.

“This alleged MS-13 associate resided mere feet from school property and went about his life virtually unchecked and consequence-free — until his past finally caught up with him,” Homeland Security Special Agent in Charge Ricky Patel said.

Officials say Jaime Manuel Perez was arrested by feder

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