José Luis Sánchez Valera, of Venezuelan origin and 43 years old, was found asphyxiated in his vehicle on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 in the morning hours. The investigation into this crime revealed the alleged participation of the transnational gang Tren de Aragua.

Sánchez’s murder was shot in Miami-Dade. They kidnapped him earlier. There is one detainee, identified as Yurwin Salazar Maita, 23 years old, Univisión reported.

According to various media, this person, also from Venezuela, is “charged with premeditated murder, armed invasion of property, car theft and kidnapping.”

The Local 10 media reported on January 17, 2024: “The bloodthirsty Venezuelan gang Aragua Train operates in South Floridafederal and local law enforcement agencies said.

The terrifying and long route of the “Aragua train”: these are the crimes left in its wake by the criminal mega-gang that left Venezuela and is now active in five South American countries

What happened to Sánchez in Miami-Dade

José Luis Sánchez lived in Doral, Florida. According to Univision, and according to the arrest report, Sánchez “was lured to a hotel located at 3501 Northwest and 42nd Avenue by two women, one of whom was known to him.”

As he left the hotel, “he was kidnapped by three men in the early hours of November 28.”

Telemundo 51 expands that hotel surveillance video shows the victim leaving the hotel and getting into his Toyota 4Runner truck when three suspects dressed in dark clothing exited a silver sedan and physically removed him from the driver’s seat, according to the warrant.

That same morning, people from Sánchez’s surroundings were intimidated and robbed.

According to the arrest warrant, “two armed men entered Sanchez’s apartment, demanded jewelry from his roommate and took a safe from the victim’s room. “They later fled in a silver sedan.”

A niece of Sánchez confirmed on the morning of November 28 that the man’s body had been found in an industrial area of ​​Miami-Dade.

He was gagged, beaten and apparently suffocated

Emily Yánez, niece of the victim

Why are they talking about the “Aragua train” in this case?

Why are they talking about the “Aragua train” in this case?

Apparently, as reported by the victim’s relative, “One of the men said during the robbery that he was part of the Aragua train,” Univisión reported on January 17, 2024.

Citing the arrest warrant, Telemundo 51 added: “Sanchez’s roommate identified the woman who would visit the victim at the hotel, and was able to identify one of the men in the apartment invasion as an acquaintance from his country of origin, Venezuela.

According to what the investigative work revealed, “one of Yurwin Salazar Maita’s fingerprints was located on one of the rear doors of Sánchez’s vehicle.”

In addition, they would have had surveillance videos for identification. There are also two suspects in this infamous case.

The matter was submitted to the hearing on Wednesday, January 17, and according to Univisión, “the judge also said that Yurwin Salazar belongs to the Venezuelan criminal organization ‘Tren de Aragua’.

They published that in Lokaal 10 “Members of the transnational criminal gang used women as decoys and operated out of hotels in Medley and near Miami International Airport,” according to police records.

The FBI has identified the Tren de Aragua as a narcoterrorist organization.

Room 10

The right to bail was denied. Turner Guilford Knight (TGK) in Miami-Dade remains in prison, according to what appeared in Telemundo 51.

From Venezuela, last September, the escape of that gang’s negative leader, “El Niño” Guerrero, emerged after the government took control of the Tocorón prison.

The Aragua Train has expanded its criminal railways into Peru, Colombia, Chile, Brazil and Bolivia. On Univision they added Ecuador and Panama.

Has the Aragua Train arrived in the United States? What is known about the detention of at least 38 suspected members at the border over the past year

On November 9, 2023, they reported on CNN en Español, citing immigration sources, that “at least 38 alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua were detained at the southern border of the United States between October 2022 and the same month. from 2023″.

Interpol joined the search for the ‘Warrior Child’. There have been four months of “silence” on their part. (JO)