Three individuals believed to be affiliated with the Venezuelan street gang known as Tren de Aragua have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a Texas man in August, police announced on Oct. 28.
Ehiker Alexander Morales Mendoza, 38; Carlos Luis Zambrano Bolivar, 25; and Jhonata Nahin Toro Gonzalez, 22, were apprehended out of state and are currently awaiting extradition, the Farmers Branch Police Department said.
Detectives in Farmers Branch, Texas, arrested Bolivar and Gonzalez in Aurora, Colorado, where they had been taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Mendoza was taken into custody in Las Cruces, New Mexico, after police were able to identify him through the victim’s cellphone….