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Tren de Aragua Gang Members Arrested for Murder in Aurora
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Tren de Aragua Gang Members Arrested for Murder in Aurora

Federal agents this week announced the arrest in Aurora of two documented members of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua under suspicion of murder and aggravated kidnapping.

Carl Luis Zambrano-Bolivar, 26, and Jhonata Nahin Toro Gonzalez, 22 — immigrants from Venezuela who were in the United States without permission — were arrested Sept. 26 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents , according to an ICE press release.

A third alleged Tren de Aragua member — Ehiker Morales Mendoza, 38 — was arrested Oct. 11 in Las Cruces, NM, also in connection with the alleged slaying of Nilzuly Enrique Arneaud-Petit, 33, in North Texas.

“By coming together as a law enforcement community to successfully locate and arrest these fugitives across state lines, we have sent a resounding message that we are united in our efforts to dismantle these violent criminal networks and end the lawlessness they – they spread,” said Travis Pickard, Acting Special Agent in Charge of ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations Branch in Dallas.

Authorities plan to extradite the three suspects to Texas to face criminal charges for the murder, the news release said, while a fourth wanted gang member — Jhonny Jesus Martinez Serrano, 29 — remains at large. .