1KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Mexican national with deep gang ties and a long rap sheet is back in ICE custody after federal agents arrested him during a targeted operation on July 20. Mario Torrez-Lopez, 34, is a self-professed member of the violent Sureños gang and has been deported from the U.S. not once, but four times — in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2022. Each time, he illegally returned and picked up right where he left off, racking up more criminal charges across multiple states.

Torrez-Lopez’s criminal career spans over a decade and includes everything from resisting arrest and reckless driving in Indianapolis to multiple convictions for illegal reentry after deportation. In 2018, he served 18 months in federal prison, followed by another 21-month sentence in 2020 for the same offense. Even af

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