The State Department increased its reward for Yulan Adonay Archaga Carías to $10 million and announced up to $5 million for Víctor Eduardo Morales Zelaya, both accused of leading MS-13 operations tied to drug trafficking, murder, kidnapping and money laundering.
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The State Department has raised reward offers totaling up to $15 million for information leading to the arrest and conviction of two senior MS-13 leaders based in Honduras, expanding the Trump administration’s campaign against transnational gangs.
The department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs announced Thursday that it is offering up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest of Yulan Adonay Archaga Carías, also known as “Porky.” Officials also announced a new reward of up to $5 million for information on Víctor Eduardo Morales Zelaya, also known as “Cuervo.”
The two men are considered the highest-ranking Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, members operating from Honduras.
MS-13, which is based in Central America’s Northern Triangle of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, was designated a foreign terrorist organization by the Trump administration in 2025. Federal officials say the gang’s leadership has directed violence, drug trafficking and other criminal activity in Central America and inside the United States.
According to court documents, Archaga Carías and Morales Zelaya oversee MS-13 criminal operations involving drug trafficking, money laundering, murder and kidnapping. Authorities also allege the two men are tied to cocaine trafficking into the United States.
Archaga Carías is listed among the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. He is also among the most wanted fugitives sought by the Drug Enforcement Administration and Homeland Security Investigations.
The investigation is being handled under the Homeland Security Task Force, a permanent whole-of-government effort created by executive order after President Donald Trump began his second term. The task force focuses on criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations and human smuggling and trafficking networks in the United States and abroad.
The State Department’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program is designed to strengthen law enforcement efforts against major criminal networks operating across borders.
The reward announcement comes as the Trump administration continues targeting MS-13 and other criminal organizations.
After MS-13 was designated a foreign terrorist organization in February 2025, federal authorities carried out multiple arrests and deportations of alleged gang members. The administration has also removed individuals affiliated with MS-13 and Tren de Aragua from the United States to El Salvador.
Several prominent MS-13 members have been arrested since Trump returned to office. In January, authorities arrested a senior gang leader who had been a fugitive for nearly a decade. In April 2025, law enforcement arrested a high-ranking MS-13 leader in Long Island, New York, who was wanted in connection with multiple murders.
The increased reward offers signal continued federal pressure on MS-13’s leadership network, particularly in Honduras, where U.S. officials say the gang’s top figures help direct drug trafficking and violent crime affecting communities across the region and the United States.
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