This immigrant gangbanger flipped his wig.
A male member of the Torren de Aragua gang in Aurora, Colo., wore a long, voluminous wig and a women's knit cap as police hunted him for a brutal kidnapping last week, local authorities said. It is said that he tried to evade charges by wearing drugs.
Aurora City Councilman Daniel Jurinski told the Post that the photo shows Venezuelan gangster Neifred Serpa-Acosta, 20, holding up his hands when police showed up. The photo shows him pretending to be.
Police raided The Edge at Raleigh apartment early on December 17th for a man suspected of kidnapping and torturing two residents in suburban Denver.
But Serpa-Acosta's deep voice blew his cover, Jurinsky said.
“This gives a whole new meaning to Aurora's multinational gangs,” she quipped.
Serpa-Acosta first ran from police in August after a video went viral showing heavily armed gang members breaking into an apartment at The Edge at Raleigh complex in Aurora.
Minutes later, the group allegedly shot and killed someone outside the building.
Just a few months ago, in May, Serpa Acosta was detained by ICE and admitted to being a member of a notorious Venezuelan gang and that he had tattoos to mark his affiliation, officials previously told the Post. .
It is unclear why he was released from federal custody.
Serpa Acosta then allegedly kidnapped and brutally tortured an immigrant couple living in The Edge apartment complex earlier this month.
Police said a group of immigrant gangs abducted the couple from their home and forced them into another apartment in the complex, where they tied up, pistol-whipped and beat them.
Some of the gang members returned to the couple's apartment and robbed it.
The victims were released after lying to their captors and promising not to report them to the police. Police received a 911 call from a couple around 2:30 a.m. on December 17th.
When police swept through the apartment complex and began questioning residents, they found Serpa-Acosta wearing a wig.
Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlin said Acosta “actually came out in disguise” and believes “that's probably a big reason why he wasn't arrested earlier.” he added. According to the Daily Mail.
“I can't tell if he always did that or if he just did it that day,” Chamberlin said.
Police are currently seeking charges against 16 gang members believed to have carried out the kidnapping. According to Denver news station KDVR.
Serpa Acosta is currently in ICE custody in Denver.
Acosta first entered the U.S. at the El Paso, Texas, border, where he was quickly deported to Mexico before evading Border Patrol agents and re-entering the country at an unknown time, officials previously told the Post.
