Suspected MS-13 killers were set for custody but state refused to hand them over to ICE

Immigration and Customs Enforcement says uncooperative law enforcement officers in Prince George’s County, Md., are partially to blame for the murder of a 14-year-old girl whose alleged killers were supposed to be turned over for deportation but local officials refused to do so because of the region’s sanctuary policy.

The two suspected murderers and MS-13 gang members, 16-year-old Josue Rafael Fuentes-Ponce and 17-year-old Joel Ernesto Escobar, had been in police custody last year after being charged with attempted murder for a different incident.