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Story summary
- David Antonio Aviles Perez, a 35-year-old MS-13 member known as 'the witch,' was captured by federal immigration agents in San Diego.
- He was wanted in El Salvador for a 2014 gang murder and had lived illegally in the United States.
- Aviles Perez was arrested in Monterey for assault with a deadly weapon, but was released due to California sanctuary laws.
- Pamela Bondi (U.S. Attorney General) criticized sanctuary policy.
