In late September, after a Texas woman was tied up, robbed at gunpoint and pistol-whipped in her Dallas home, multiple Venezuelan men were arrested and charged in connection with the incident.
According to Zillow, the robbery occurred on Saturday, Sept. 21, around 10 p.m., after the woman returned to her Bluffview home from dinner. Bluffview is a Dallas neighborhood where the average home price is over $880,000.
The men are accused of targeting a woman in her driveway, forcing her into her home and tying her up while pointing a gun at her head, according to police records obtained by police. FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth. The men allegedly hit her over the head with guns and threatened to cut off her fingers.
FOX 4 reports that the suspects used Google Translate to communicate with the victim and retrieved $75,000 worth of jewelry, a Gucci wallet, a Ferragamo purse, a Judith Leiber purse, and the victim's cell phone. They are said to have taken away items such as a phone and coins in a wooden box.
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Four illegal Venezuelan immigrants have been arrested and charged with robbing a woman at gunpoint in her driveway in Dallas. (Dallas County Sheriff's Office)
On September 28, Dallas police arrested and charged 28-year-old Manuel Hernandez Hernandez with aggravated robbery in connection with the incident, the department told FOX News Digital.
On October 3, the Dallas Police Fugitive Unit, with assistance from Irving Police SWAT and Dallas Police SWAT, executed an arrest warrant in Irving, Texas and arrested three other male suspects in connection with the same crime.
The suspects, 20-year-old Ian Breihan Torrealba-Sanabria, 34-year-old Carlos Alberto Martinez-Silva, and 27-year-old Wilmer Jesús Colmenares-Gonzalez, are each charged with aggravated robbery.
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A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told Fox News Digital that Hernandez-Hernandez is a Venezuelan national who was arrested near the El Paso border in March “without being inspected by an immigration judge, without permission to enter the country, or without parole.” He said he entered the United States.
Elsby Avenue in Dallas' Bluffview neighborhood. (Google Maps)
According to ICE, Hernandez-Hernandez pleaded guilty to driving under the influence on May 21 and was sentenced to three days in jail. Hernandez-Hernandez was also arrested by Colleyville police on September 19 and released the day before the robbery.
Following his arrest on September 28, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Dallas placed Hernandez-Hernandez on an Immigration Agent, Notice of Action, and Form I-247.
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ICE told FOX 4 the other three suspects are also in the country illegally from Venezuela.
According to FOX 4, Dallas police apparently found Hernandez-Hernandez's fingerprints on the wooden box where the suspects allegedly stole several coins, linking her to the robbery.
ICE said the four suspects are in the country illegally from Venezuela. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
The suspect admitted to the robbery and gave police the nicknames of the other suspects involved, but said he did not know their real names. One of the other suspects apparently contacted Hernandez-Hernandez through Facebook and asked to meet before the robbery.
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According to documents obtained by FOX 4, Hernandez-Hernandez also stated that he believed the other men were members of the El Anti Torren street gang.
Dallas police have not confirmed the gang's ties to Fox News Digital. The investigation is still ongoing.
