Chicago Police Department (CPD) has released the man suspected of fatally shooting a transgender person in the Little Village neighborhood. The victims refused to cooperate, fearing links between the gunman and Venezuela’s dangerous prison organization El Torren de Aragua.
The transgender sex worker shot According to reports, he was shot several times in the groin and leg on February 4 outside the VLive nightclub in Little Village. Chicago Sun-Times.
CPD ultimately arrested an “illegal immigrant from Venezuela” on suspicion of shooting and revealed that federal authorities had identified him as a member of a cartel. CPD took him into custody on February 26th.
Investigators obtained critical evidence pointing to him as the gunman, including video of the car he used after the shooting and a shell casing that matched the caliber of the bullet used in the attack. Despite compelling evidence, the Cook County Prosecutor’s Office decided not to charge the suspects.
by sun times, The decision was made after the victims refused to cooperate with the investigation, fearing the gunman’s ties to dangerous gangs.
“The only witness who could positively identify the shooter will not cooperate further,” the newspaper said in the CPD report.
Baltazar Enriquez, a community organizer in the Little Village area, laments that prosecution of such crimes is increasingly collapsing as citizens walk the streets fearing the growing influence of Venezuelan gangs.
“This is an issue in our community because our members feel re-victimized,” Enriquez said of the many dismissed cases. “Because now they have no family and the perpetrators are on the streets.”
The brass of CPD is warned Police are asking people to be extra careful on the streets as fears of El Torren de Aragua grow in the Windy City. For example, in November, CPD leaders instructed officers to watch for tattoos and other evidence of gang membership among the wave of migrants flooding into the city.
The gang is a problem across the country as millions of illegal immigrants, including those from Venezuela, flood President Joe Biden’s vast border. For example, several illegal aliens who attacked New York City police officers in broad daylight were found to be members of El Torren de Aragua.
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CPD also reported a significant increase in arrests of Venezuelan immigrants for a myriad of crimes, including violent crime and theft.
In January, the nearby Chicago suburb of Oak Brook reported that organized gangs of Venezuelans were committing a spate of retail thefts throughout the city. In November, Chicago reported an 11,000 percent increase in arrests of Venezuelans since 2021.
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