ICE arrests Colombian gangster at border who had TORTURE photos on his phone and tattoos pledging allegiance to Clan del Golfo cartel - the largest cocaine distributors in the country

U.S. Border Patrol arrested a Colombian gangster at the El Paso, Texas border and found torture videos on his phone, along with tattoos that pledged his allegiance to the Clan del Golfo cartel. 

The unidentified man was arrested on March 14 and was announced on X by USBP Chief Jason Owens on Wednesday, along with pictures of him. 

Owens said that as the Colombian citizen tried to enter the U.S. illegally, agents searched him and his phone and discovered photos 'of people being tortured.' 

'He also had specific tattoos indicative of gang membership (Clan del Golfo),' Owens said. 

The Clan del Golfo cartel, or Gulf Clan, is Colombia's largest narco-trafficking gang, known for being the largest cocaine distributors in the South American country. 

A Colombian man was arrested at the El Paso, Texas border as he tried to enter the U.S. illegally. Agents searched him and his phone and found photos 'of people being tortured' 

USBP Chief Jason Owens said that the man also had specific tattoos indicative of gang membership (Clan del Golfo)' 

DailyMail.com contacted U.S. Border Patrol for more information on the man that was arrested but did not hear back in time for this report. 

The cartel's former boss, Dairo Antonio Úsuga, was captured and arrested in October 2021 and extradited to the U.S. in May 2022 after sending tons of cocaine into the country. 

On January 25, 2023, Dairo Antonio Úsuga, also known as 'Otoniel,' pleaded guilty to to cocaine smuggling charges. 

The Columbian man that was arrested is seen up-close in a picture with a teardrop tattoo under his eye and a money bag tattoo between his eyebrows 

He pleaded guilty to running a criminal enterprise, engaging in a maritime narcotics conspiracy and engaging in a narcotics importation conspiracy. 

Besides admitting that he oversaw the smuggling, Úsuga also acknowledged that 'there was a lot of violence.'   

During his trial, US District Court Judge Dora Irizarry, called him 'more prolific' than the late kingpin Pablo Escobar.

Úsuga said he was 'accepting responsibility for the crimes that I have committed' as he was sentenced.

'I apologize to the governments of the United States and of Colombia and to the victims of the crimes that I have committed,' Úsuga said through a court interpreter.

The New York judge sentenced him to 45 years in prison on each charge, with the sentences to run concurrently.

He faced a mandatory minimum term of 20 years in prison and agreed as part of his plea deal to pay $216 million in forfeiture. 

The cartel's former boss, Dairo Antonio Úsuga, was captured and arrested in October 2021 and extradited to the U.S. in May 2022 after sending tons of cocaine into the country

In sentencing Úsuga, Judge Irizarry called the nearly 100,000 kg (220,500 pounds) of cocaine he shipped to the U.S. while leading the Clan del Golfo cartel 'extraordinary.' 

US Attorney Breon Peace said in a statement that the misery spawned by Úsuga's 'incredibly violent, vengeful, and bloody reign' might never be fully calculated.

He added that the lengthy sentence 'sends a message to other paramilitary and cartel leaders that the United States will seek their arrest and extradition in order to hold them accountable in our courts of law.'

Úsuga ordered killings of perceived enemies - one of whom was tortured, buried alive and beheaded - and terrorized the public at large, prosecutors say. 

Texas, California and Arizona have seen a surge in illegal migrants crossing into the U.S. under President Joe Biden's leadership. 

A federal appeals court issued an order that prevents Texas from arresting migrants suspected of entering the U.S. illegally - just hours after the Supreme Court allowed the strict new immigration law to take effect on Tuesday.

A federal appeals court issued an order that prevents Texas from arresting migrants suspected of entering the U.S. illegally - just hours after the Supreme Court allowed the strict new immigration law to take effect on Tuesday

The SCOTUS decision had meant that Texas cops would be allowed to arrest people suspected of entering the country illegally, giving local officers powers long delegated to the federal government.

Mexico's Foreign Affairs Secretary Alicia Bárcena said in a sharply worded statement that it would refuse to take anyone back who is ordered to leave the country under the state law and that it 'categorically rejects' any state or local government enforcement of immigration laws.

'Mexico reiterates the legitimate right to protect the rights of its nationals in the United States and to determine its own policies regarding entry into its territory,' they said.

It further condemned the Texas law being allowed to take effect, saying it would criminalize migrants and lead to the separation of families, discrimination and racial profiling.