Mexico handing over one of FBI's 10 Most Wanted suspects to U.S. after arrest

Mexico is handing over one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives to the United States after his arrest in Veracruz, officials said.

Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales is allegedly a key senior leader of MS-13 who has been directing gang activity in the United States, Mexico, and El Salvador, the FBI said.

"This is a major victory both for our law enforcement partners and for a safer America," FBI Director Kash Patel said Tuesday on social media, adding that Roman-Bardales had been extradited to the U.S. on Monday night.