EDINBURG - Border Patrol agents apprehended two men affiliated with the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang.

Agents arrested a group of nine people in the U.S. illegally near Falfurrias; record checks revealed one of them had an arrest for attempted aggravated homicide in El Salvador.

The following day, agents working in Brooks County arrested a Salvadoran national attempting to evade the checkpoint.

During processing, record checks for the Salvadoran man revealed he is a 18^th Street Gang member.

Border Patrol is processing both subjects accordingly.