Dallas Metroplex police say the suspect, believed to be part of a group of four men, allegedly pushed a woman to the ground, tied her up and threatened to cut her fingers before making off with $75,000 worth of cash and cash. arrested the person. Items from her home.
Manuel Hernandez-Hernandez, 28, was arrested Monday in Colleyville and is being held in immigration custody at the Dallas County Jail, according to an arrest affidavit.
Hernandez-Hernandez had been arrested and released in Colleyville 10 days earlier, but the arrest report did not say what the charges were.
An arrest affidavit states that the woman parked her car in the driveway of her Dallas home on September 21st, got out of her car, and was approached by four unknown men. She was forced to the ground at gunpoint, then forced into her home and eventually tied up with pieces of clothing in her bedroom, the report said.
Manuel Hernandez Hernandez, 28, was charged with aggravated robbery after the men allegedly tied up a Dallas woman and threatened to cut off her fingers. (Dallas County Jail)
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She told police the men spoke Spanish, used Google Translate to communicate, and threatened to cut off her fingers if she didn't tell her where the safe was.
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Documents say the men took $75,000 in cash, the woman's cell phone, a Gucci wallet and several coins from the crate and fled.
The men took her to the bathroom and told her to wait at least 10 minutes before moving, she said. She made her way to a neighbor's house within minutes, where she called the police.
The woman was left with some of her clothing tied up and refused to be taken to a hospital for medical observation, according to the affidavit.
Investigators said the woman's home was ransacked and Hernandez-Hernandez's fingerprints were identified on a wooden box containing coins.
The woman was shown a lineup of men, but she told police she didn't remember any of their faces.
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Days later, police found video footage showing the suspect's car and two unknown suspects approaching the woman's garage around the same time as the alleged incident.
News of the incident led to social media posts claiming that the men were members of the Venezuelan gang Torren de Aragua, but so far there is no evidence to support that.
Police said there was no evidence the men were members of the Venezuelan gang Torren de Aragua. (St. Petersburg)
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Dallas police responded, “At this time, there is no evidence that Hernandez Hernandez is a member of the Torren de Aragua, a gang from Venezuela.'' “This remains an active investigation.”
Torren de Aragua has been a target of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who has designated the gang as a foreign terrorist organization.
