Children rescued after Texas kidnapping, murder connected to Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang

Police person arrested 3 individuals linked to Tren de Aragua who were allegedly progressive successful the kidnapping and execution of a Texas antheral whose assemblage was recovered successful August. 

The assemblage of Nilzult Petit, 33, was discovered successful Irving, Texas with a azygous gunshot coiled to the caput connected August 24. Officers located Petit's assemblage and aboriginal recovered 2 young children, reportedly related to Petit, wandering alongside the IH-35E road work road.

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Officers accidental these children were near connected the broadside of the roadworthy aft Petit was allegedly executed by suspects linked to the transnational Tren de Aragua gang, according to reporting from FOX 4 Dallas.

According to a constabulary release, 4 Venezuelan nationals allegedly kidnapped Petit and his 2 young relatives, taking them to an flat successful Farmers Branch, Texas. Investigators study that the suspects executed Petit and past abandoned the children connected a adjacent work road.

Four suspects person been allegedly linked to the decease of Nilzult Petit and the kidnapping of 2 of his juvenile relatives, with 1 inactive astatine large. (Farmers Branch Police Department)

Farmers Branch constabulary identified and apprehended 3 suspects progressive successful 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 look charges of superior execution and 2 counts of aggravated kidnapping.

Authorities are inactive connected the lookout for a 4th suspect, Jhonny Jesus Martinez Serrano, 29, who remains astatine large.

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Police discovered that Petit had allegedly been moving with the suspects successful an ATM theft scheme. When Petit reportedly failed to wage his co-conspirators, they retaliated by kidnapping some him and the children.

Two of the suspects, Bolivar and Gonzalez, were apprehended by ICE agents successful Aurora, Colorado, portion Mendoza was taken into custody successful New Mexico by agents from Homeland Security. Aurora, Colorado has been linked to Tren de Aragua pack enactment since August, erstwhile surveillance footage went viral from an flat gathering overrun by the transgression outfit.

Still representation from societal media video shows suspected juvenile Tren de Aragua members based retired of the Roosevelt Hotel, who person allegedly been attacking the adjacent Times Square successful a drawstring of robberies. (Obtained by New York Post)

Tren de Aragua is based successful Venezuela but has precocious expanded its operations to the United States, including cause and quality trafficking.

Officials with the Farmer's Branch PD indicated that the suspects arsenic good arsenic Petit are affiliated with Tren de Aragua, though these crimes were not specifically gang-related per a release.

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Bolivar, Gonzalez, and Mendoza are awaiting extradition from Colorado and New Mexico, respectively.

Anyone with accusation astir Serrano’s whereabouts is asked to interaction the Farmers Branch Police Department astatine (972) 919-1406 oregon via email astatine [email protected] and tin stay anonymous.