An arrest warrant has now been issued for a suspected Tren de Aragua migrant gang member who was lower unfastened from custody in Chicago final week regardless of police believing that they had possible trigger to maintain him detained in relation to a homicide.
Pedro Colmenares, 33, a Venezuelan unlawful migrant who already had a weapons cost in opposition to him when police cuffed him final week, is suspected of being concerned within the capturing loss of life of a 25-year-old Hispanic man final September, Fox Information completely reported.Â
He’s additionally suspected of kidnapping and sexually assaulting his former girlfriend.Â
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Chicago police stated possible trigger existed to put Colmenares into custody for the homicide of the Hispanic man, however in the end the Cook dinner County State’s Lawyer’s workplace declined to press murder costs, explaining they “fastidiously reviewed” the case and located inadequate proof and “uncooperative witnesses.”
Homeland Safety had additionally tried to apprehend him on an ICE detainer for the weapons costs offense in October, however due to its sanctuary coverage, Cook dinner County refused to adjust to the detainer and Colmenares was let loose.
Immigration brokers needed Colmenares taken into their custody, having entered the U.S. illegally in September 2022. He was ordered deported by an immigration decide in November of that yr, in keeping with DHS.
Cook dinner County State’s Lawyer Eileen O’Neill Burke makes an look, Jan. 30, 2025, on the Union League Membership in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune Information Service through Getty Photos)
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Whereas interesting the deportation ruling, he ended up in Chicago, the place he was roaming freely.
However Fox Information can now verify that an arrest warrant has been issued for Colmenares, though the warrant is for the kidnapping and sexual assault of his former girlfriend final October in Chicago.Â
The court docket doc reads that the Colmenares’ warrant was issued for 2 offenses: aggravated kidnapping and aggravated felony sexual assault with a firearm.
ICE positioned a detainer on Colmenares final yr, however Cook dinner County refused to adjust to it. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg through Getty Photos)
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Colmenares is alleged to have pulled up in a automobile to the 27-year-old Hispanic lady and instructed her to get in “or I’ll shoot you.”Â
Police say he drove the girl in opposition to her will to a separate location on Chicago’s West Facet, the place he allegedly “battered and sexually assaulted the sufferer” over a number of days.
Colmenares was ordered to seem in individual earlier than a decide on March 5Â in Chicago. He was ordered to give up weapons and keep away from the home abuse sufferer, in keeping with a court docket doc, however he was not assigned digital monitoring.
