An alleged member of the dangerous mega-criminal gang, the ‘Aragua Train’, was held at the United States-Mexico border. The suspect was located in El Paso.

His arrest was announced by a border agent via his social networks, where he also shared a photo of the detained man.

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“USBP agents in El Paso arrested a Venezuelan national, suspected of membership of the Tren de Aragua gang. He was also imprisoned for murder and robbery in his native country,” Officer Jason Owens wrote on his X profile (formerly Twitter).

Another alleged leader who was arrested this morning is Yomar José Delgado Palacios, alias ‘Nino’. He would be the leader of the ‘Alayón dynasty’a faction of the ‘Aragua Train’.

RPP reported that officers of the National Police and representatives of the Public Prosecution Service operational this morning at various locations in Peru. The alias ‘Nino’ ​​was found in a house in San Juan de Lurigancho, but the suspect tried to escape through the roof while injured.

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Others Thirty people were arrested during the operations in Peruincluding Yesmith Adriana Cabargas Castaño, partner of ‘Nino’, who is under investigation for the same crimes.

The arrests take place two weeks after the arrest intervention in the prison of Tocorón, located in the state of Aragua. More than 1,500 prisoners were deported and transferred to other prisons, but some of them escaped.

That is one of the escapees Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, aka “The Warrior Boy”, whose face already appears in the Interpol circular. He has a red warning and is the leader of the gang ‘El Tren de Aragua’.

Interpol suspects the criminal could move to several countries after his escape: United States, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Ecuador. (JO)