Almost five months after security forces stormed the Tocorón prison in Venezuela, Hector Guerrero’s whereabouts remain unknown. AKA “El Nino Guerrero”, one of the leaders of the criminal gang El Train de Aragua.
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However, its operations have not stopped. At least 38 criminals who admitted to being part of a gang have been arrested in the United States, particularly in El Paso, on the border with Mexico, according to authorities in that country. But, operations will already be extended to other American cities.
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Chicago and Florida appear to be the first to be affected by the presence of this group dedicated to extortion, kidnapping, human trafficking, murder and other crimes. In January, Yurwin Salazar Maita, Venezuela, An alleged member of the Aragua train was arrested in Miami-Dade County.
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According to an investigation by Telemundo News Network, the 23-year-old is accused in the death of Jose Luis Sanchez Valera, a retired Venezuelan police officer who lived in South Florida.
In Chicago, in December of last year, Edwin Camejo, 27, was arrested for selling drugs to an undercover police officer, according to police reports.
“This is an organized gang, a criminal enterprise that is now operating in Chicago,” explained Gary McCarthy, police chief of Willow Springs, a Cook County suburb, in an interview with Telemundo Chicago.
“Whether it’s drug trafficking, smuggling, human trafficking for sexual exploitation, extortion and all the things that these gangs are doing in South America,” McCarthy says of the group’s criminal activities.
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Police documents published by US media in late January detail that the gang will expand its range of operations in the Illinois city, which worries authorities.
The FBI in Texas has also confirmed information about the presence of criminals. Britton Boyd, the FBI special agent in charge in El Paso, recently told CNN: “We already have evidence that they crossed the border.”
Venezuela launched a bounty for “El Niño Guerrero,” but has not yet been caught.
Ana Maria Rodriguez Brazon
Time Correspondent
Caracas