High-ranked members of the violent Venezuela Street gang are at the back of the bar for the murders of two women in Illinois earlier this year.
According to the Department of Justice, 32-year-old Ricardo Gonzalez was arrested in Cobb County, Georgia.
“This defendant's crime against American women is horrifying and he is the very type of alien enemy the Trump administration is fighting to remove America from this country again to make America safe,” said the Attorney General. Pam Bondi said in a statement.
US deportation flights to Venezuela after weeks of standoff
Ricardo Gonzalez appears in Mugshot after being arrested for speeding and driving without a license in Cobb County, Georgia on November 5, 2000. (Cobb County Sheriff's Office)
Gonzalez was appointed on an arrest warrant for alleged lures and arrest warrant for possible causes of first-degree murder and first-degree murder.
Prosecutors alleged on January 28th that Gonzalez lured three women, carried them to an alley in Chicago and shot them in the head. The surviving victim managed to call 911, and the two women were declared dead at the scene.
Gonzalez has been booked at the Cobb County Jail and is waiting for extradition to Chicago. Five more individuals were arrested and taken to ice detention facilities as authorities are closed to Gonzalez.
Three illegal immigrants charged after crash in Texas left one dead
Salvador police officers sued members of Venezuelan gangster Tren de Aragua, who were recently deported by the US government and imprisoned in the Centre of Terror Confinement (CECOT) prison, and this trick image was obtained on March 16th, 2025 as part of an agreement with El Salvador Tecolca, as part of an agreement with the Salvador government. (Distribution materials via Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Reuters)
The Cobb County Sheriff's Office and the Chicago Police Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
“This case reflects the tireless work that former US s-services and partner agencies put in to ensure justice spends the day in court,” USMS acting director Mark Pittera said in a statement. “All arrests demonstrate an unwavering commitment to serving a safer community and protecting the public.”
The arrest comes days before the US resumed deportation flights to Venezuela after President Donald Trump signed a contract with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
The Democratic mayor blew up after vowing to turn major cities into “safe shelters” for illegal immigration.
Venezuelan immigrants will walk after being deported from the United States in Caracas, Venezuela on March 24, 2025, and arrive on flight. (Reuters/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria)
On Sunday, a flight carrying 199 illegal Venezuelan aliens, including members of Tren de Aragua, departed the US on its way to Honduras for an apparent handoff to the Venezuelan government.
The flight marked the end of a week-long standoff between the Trump administration and Maduro after the Venezuelan president refused to accept retirees from the US.
Click here to get the Fox News app
In recent weeks, around 350 migrants have been sent back to Venezuela via deportation flights.
“Venezuela is obligated to accept citizens who have been repatriated from the United States,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement posted on social media. “This is not a matter of discussion or negotiation.”
