This is an update to a story El Tejano first reported on Oct. 18. https://www.eltejanorgv.com/dhs-says-ice-arrested-131-alleged-gang-members-in-one-week/

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says federal agents arrested a man in Washington, D.C. His name is Emerson Jossiel Calderon-Hernandez. DHS says he is a member of the MS-13 gang. DHS also says he first came into the country through Texas in 2012.

DHS says ICE agents arrested him on Oct. 13. It says he is from El Salvador. It says he has a conviction for second-degree assault.

DHS also lists older arrests. It says he was arrested on two attempted murder charges. One was first-degree. One was second-degree. It says he was arrested for armed robbery. It says he was arrested for first-degree assault. It lists reckless endangerment too. It lists false imprisonment too.

A conviction means a court found a person guilty, or the person said he was guilty. An arrest is different. It means police took a person into custody. It does not mean a court found him guilty. DHS lists one conviction. The other items on its list are arrests and charges.

DHS says he crossed into the country in August 2012. It says he came through Texas without permission. It says Border Patrol agents arrested him then. DHS says he was released into the country afterward. The statement does not say where in Texas he crossed.

The statement leaves out a lot. It does not say where the assault conviction happened. It does not say when. It does not say how the other cases ended. It does not say whether a judge has ordered him sent out of the country. It does not say where he is being held now.

The MS-13 label is also DHS's claim. The statement does not say what proof ICE has. It does not say if a court has found that he is in the gang.

DHS named him in a statement about gang-related arrests in recent days. The same statement gives a count. DHS says ICE arrested 131 gang-affiliated people from Oct. 4 to Oct. 10. Those numbers come from the agency. The statement does not show how they were counted. His Oct. 13 arrest falls after that week. DHS lists him among people arrested "in recent days."

El Tejano's first story said he was arrested on Oct. 6. DHS's own statement says Oct. 13. That is the date used here. The first story listed him as arrested on assault and other charges. DHS says he was also convicted of second-degree assault.

This arrest happened far from South Texas. The link to Texas is the 2012 crossing that DHS describes. DHS has not said which part of the state it was.

The statement does not say if he has an immigration court date. In immigration court, a judge decides if a person can stay or must leave. DHS has not said what happens next in his case.

Everyone is presumed innocent until proved otherwise.