A self-identified MS-13 gang member arrested over the weekend told Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that he was part of the caravan of immigrants trying to enter the U.S.

Agents working the El Centro Sector crossed paths with the man eastward of the Calexico Port of Entry in California on Saturday around 6 p.m.

The agency shared this information in a news release.

Border Patrol agents questioned the man.

They said they “suspected [him] of being in the United States illegally.”

That’s when he revealed he was a Honduran citizen and part of MS-13, CBP said.

“The man also told agents he traveled to the United States border with a large group of people from Central America intending on filing for asylum in the United States,” the news release said.

“As President Trump and Secretary Nielsen warned, over the last few weeks we have identified over 600 known criminals and gang members in the caravan,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement provided to Fox News. “We are now predictably seeing members of the caravan — which includes criminals — show up at the border and claim asylum.”

The individual was later identified as Jose Villalobos-Jobel, 29, who will be held until he’s ultimately sent back to Honduras, CBP said.

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“As President [Donald] Trump and Secretary [Kirstjen] Nielsen warned, over the last few weeks we have identified over 600 known criminals and gang members in the caravan.”

The Department of Homeland Security said the above in a statement provided to Fox News.

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“We are now predictably seeing members of the caravan — which includes criminals — show up at the border and claim asylum,” it also said in the statement.

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“These threats are only going to increase in light of illegitimate judicial injunctions and loopholes created by Congress.”

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Fox News’ Catherine Herridge contributed to this Fox News report, which is used by permission.

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