LONG ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested an alleged MS-13 associate wanted in El Salvador on Sept. 3 in Brentwood.

Jamie Manual Perez Perez, 42, was wanted by Interpol and had a Red Notice for crimes he allegedly committed in his home country, including aggravated extortion and threat to injure a person.

Perez Perez was in the U.S. illegally and had been living close to a Long Island middle school, officials say.

He was initially apprehended in El Paso, Texas, on April 15, 2019, after he entered the country illegally.

“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," said HSI New York Special Agent in Charge Ricky

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