{"id":35795,"date":"2025-07-03T16:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T16:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/35795\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T16:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T16:56:10","slug":"ice-dallas-arrest-el-salvadoran-national-woman-wanted-for-assassination-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/35795\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE Dallas arrest El Salvadoran national woman wanted for assassination attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/maria-julia-varela-a-36-year-old-el-salvadoran-national-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">Maria Julia Varela, a 36-year-old El Salvadoran national (Source: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Dallas) <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><strong>DALLAS<\/strong> &#8211; Immigration and Customs Enforcement Dallas arrested a 36-year-old El Salvadoran national on June 30 who was wanted by law enforcement officials in El Salvador for her role in organizing an assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<p>   El Salvador woman arrested in Dallas <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">ICE Dallas says Maria Julia Varela has connections to MS-13 and Barrio 18 transnational gangs.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Officials with ICE Dallas did not say who the assassination attempt was for. Details about her arrest have not been released.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">&#8220;This criminal alien fled El Salvador hoping to evade law enforcement and accountability for an attempt of conspiring to take some one\u2019s life,&#8221; said Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Dallas Travis Pickard. &#8220;HSI Dallas remains steadfast in ensuring that communities in North Texas are not a refuge for international fugitives. We are dedicated to pursuing those accused of crimes that endanger public safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/maria-julia-varela-a-36-year-old-el-salvadoran-national-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">Maria Julia Varela, a 36-year-old El Salvadoran national (Source: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Dallas) <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Varela will remain in ICE custody pending removal from the U.S.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Varela was first encountered by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol in 2016 as a family unit and processed for a notice to appear.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Members of the public can report crimes and suspicious activity by dialing 866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423) or completing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/webform\/ice-tip-form\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online tip form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Information in this article is from Immigration and Customs Enforcement Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/dallas-county\/dallas\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/immigration\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Immigration<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Maria Julia Varela, a 36-year-old El Salvadoran national (Source: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Dallas) DALLAS &#8211; Immigration&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,6082,1596,7290,409,50,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-35795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime-publicsafety","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-county","12":"tag-immigration","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114790359664002778","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}