Children rescued after Texas kidnapping, murder connected to Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang
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Four suspects allegedly tied to the kidnapping and murder of their co-conspirator are also linked to Venezuelan transnational gang Tren de Aragua according to authorities.
Farmers Branch police identified and apprehended three suspects involved in 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 charges of capital murder and two counts of aggravated kidnapping.Authorities are still on the lookout for a fourth suspect, Jhonny Jesus Martinez Serrano, 29, who remains at large. Jasmine is a writer at Fox News Digital and a military spouse based in New Orleans. Stories can be sent to jasmine.baehr@fox.com
Police discovered that Petit had allegedly been working with the suspects in an ATM theft scheme. When Petit reportedly failed to pay his co-conspirators, they retaliated by kidnapping both him and the children.
Two of the suspects, Bolivar and Gonzalez, were apprehended by ICE agents in Aurora, Colorado, while Mendoza was taken into custody in New Mexico by agents from Homeland Security. Aurora, Colorado has been linked to Tren de Aragua gang activity since August, when surveillance footage went viral from an apartment building overrun by the criminal outfit.
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