Police have arrested three people linked to Tren de Aragua who had been allegedly concerned within the kidnapping and homicide of a Texas man whose physique was present in August.Â
The physique of Nilzult Petit, 33, was found in Irving, Texas with a single gunshot wound to the top on August 24. Officers situated Petit’s physique and later discovered two younger kids, reportedly associated to Petit, wandering alongside the IH-35E freeway service street.
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Officers say these kids had been left on the aspect of the street after Petit was allegedly executed by suspects linked to the transnational Tren de Aragua gang, based on reporting from FOX 4 Dallas.
In line with a police launch, 4 Venezuelan nationals allegedly kidnapped Petit and his two younger family, taking them to an house in Farmers Department, Texas. Investigators report that the suspects executed Petit after which deserted the kids on a close-by service street.
4 suspects have been allegedly linked to the demise of Nilzult Petit and the kidnapping of two of his juvenile family, with one nonetheless at giant. (Farmers Department Police Division)
Farmers Department police recognized and apprehended three suspects concerned on this case: 38-year-old Ehiker Alexander Morales Mendoza, 25-year-old Carlos Luis Zambrano Bolivar, and 22-year-old Jhonata Nahin Toro Gonzalez. The suspects face costs of capital homicide and two counts of aggravated kidnapping.
Authorities are nonetheless looking out for a fourth suspect, Jhonny Jesus Martinez Serrano, 29, who stays at giant.
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Police found that Petit had allegedly been working with the suspects in an ATM theft scheme. When Petit reportedly didn’t pay his co-conspirators, they retaliated by kidnapping each him and the kids.
Two of the suspects, Bolivar and Gonzalez, had been apprehended by ICE brokers in Aurora, Colorado, whereas Mendoza was taken into custody in New Mexico by brokers from Homeland Safety. Aurora, Colorado has been linked to Tren de Aragua gang exercise since August, when surveillance footage went viral from an house constructing overrun by the prison outfit.
Nonetheless picture from social media video exhibits suspected juvenile Tren de Aragua members primarily based out of the Roosevelt Resort, who’ve allegedly been attacking the close by Occasions Sq. in a string of robberies. (Obtained by New York Submit)
Tren de Aragua relies in Venezuela however has lately expanded its operations to the USA, together with drug and human trafficking.
Officers with the Farmer’s Department PD indicated that the suspects in addition to Petit are affiliated with Tren de Aragua, though these crimes weren’t particularly gang-related per a launch.
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Bolivar, Gonzalez, and Mendoza are awaiting extradition from Colorado and New Mexico, respectively.
Anybody with details about Serrano’s whereabouts is requested to contact the Farmers Department Police Division at (972) 919-1406 or by way of electronic mail at pdinfoandtips@farmersbranchtx.gov and may stay nameless.
