A member of the notorious El Salvador “18th Street” gang was caught by Border Patrol agents attempting to illegally enter the United States — for at least the second time.

illegal-immigrant-crossing-signAccording to a release from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, Franklin Eduardo Erazo Ramos was caught about 29 miles west of the Calexico port of entry near Inkopah Mountains in California. He was apprehended by agents at the El Centro Station.

Erazo has been deported previously.

According to Border Patrol, the illegal alien remains in custody and “will be further processed for his illegal entry into the United States.”

The 18th Street gang has been targeting buses in El Salvador.

Vice reported in August:

Gunmen boarded a bus near the Salvadoran capital and opened fire on its driver and passengers on Wednesday, killing four people including the driver, and wounding four others a week after a string of attacks brought bus service in the country to a halt.

Nine drivers on commuter bus routes in El Salvador have now been killed in a bus “strike” enforced by a faction of the powerful 18th Street gang and which has resulted in an estimated $60 million in losses for the country’s economy.

Salvadoran buses were finally returning to normal after the start of last week’s crippling strike, which left tens of thousands of commuters stranded for days and exposed the major weaknesses of the government of President Salvador Sanchez Ceren against the country’s gangs.

Wednesday’s fresh attack heightened tensions for terrified Salvadoran commuters.

Word began spreading on the weekend of July 25 that the 18th Street gang was forcibly shutting down bus operations country-wide. Bus drivers were ordered to “strike,” and any driver who went to work risked being killed.

According to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, El Centro Station has made 14,511 apprehensions from October 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015.