Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials arrested an illegal alien gang leader in New York on Wednesday who is accused of murdering 23 people in Peru.

ICE, which announced the arrest Thursday evening, said that 38-year-old Gianfranco Torres-Navarro was arrested in Endicott, about a 150 miles northwest of New York City.

Torres-Navarro was released into the U.S. by the Biden-Harris administration on May 16 at the Texas-Mexico border after illegally entering the country, the AP reported.

“It should alarm every American that a Peruvian gang leader, who has murdered 23 people, crossed our border and was released into the country,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). “The Biden-Harris Administration’s open border policies are terrorizing our communities.”

Peru confirmed to the AP that it sought international help tracking down and capturing Torres-Navarro on July 3. Peruvian authorities also sought the capture of Mishelle Sol Ivanna Ortíz Ubillús, whom they described as being a key player in his criminal enterprise.

“Gianfranco Torres-Navarro poses a significant threat to our communities, and we won’t allow New York to be a safe haven for dangerous noncitizens,” said ERO Buffalo Field Office Director Thomas P. Brophy in a news release. “Well done by our ERO Buffalo officers who brought this individual into custody.”

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BREAKING: ICE Buffalo arrested a Peruvian gang leader yesterday who is wanted for 23 murders in Peru & was caught and released at the U.S. border in May. Gianfranco Torres-Navarro, leader of “Los Killers”, was arrested by ICE in Endicott, NY, about 145 miles northwest of NYC.… pic.twitter.com/9RzfaggX29

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 15, 2024

Peruvian law enforcement officials said that Torres-Navarro was the leader of a criminal organization called “Los Killers,” which specializes in extorting construction companies and contract killings, the report said. He reportedly fled the country after killing a retired police officer and a city official earlier this year.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz ducked away on Thursday from multiple presidential and vice presidential debates offered by former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance (R-OH).

“The debate about debates is over,” the Harris campaign claimed. “Donald Trump’s campaign accepted our proposal for three debates – two presidential and a vice presidential debate. Assuming Donald Trump actually shows up on September 10 to debate Vice President Harris, then Governor Walz will see JD Vance on October 1 and the American people will have another opportunity to see the vice president and Donald Trump on the debate stage in October.”

However, the statement from the Harris campaign was wildly misleading.

The Trump campaign accepted three presidential debates — Fox News on September 4, ABC News on September 10, and NBC News on September 25.

The Trump campaign also accepted two vice presidential debates, CBS News on October 1 and CNN on September 18.

The Harris campaign, which has held no press conferences or interviews since Harris announced her candidacy a month ago, only agreed to three total debates, two presidential and one vice presidential.

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The dates are also key as Harris and Walz appear to be looking to delay debating for as long as possible since early voting begins in multiple states in September.

Trump and Vance are looking for the debates to be earlier so they can highlight the far-Left positions held by Harris and Walz before voters start mailing in ballots.

The Trump campaign responded to the Harris campaign’s statement by saying that it was obvious which campaign was afraid to debate.

“President Trump challenged Kamala to three debates. She only accepted two,” the campaign said. “J.D. Vance challenged Freakish Timothy Walz to two debates. He only accepted one. Just so everyone is aware which campaign in this race is ‘too afraid’ to debate.”

President Trump challenged Kamala to three debates.

She only accepted two.

J.D. Vance challenged Freakish Timothy Walz to two debates.

He only accepted one.

Just so everyone is aware which campaign in this race is “too afraid” to debate.

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 15, 2024