A brutal Venezuelan street gang that polices sex trafficking in South America by tattooing women and girls behind their ears is reportedly exporting their violence to the United States.
Torren de Aragua, named after the Venezuelan state of Aragua, is currently located in South Florida following the arrest of a suspect wanted in connection with a brutal murder in Miami this week, according to reports. Are active.
Yulwin Salazar Mayta was charged with murder in November A former Venezuelan police officer speaks outside a hotel near the Miami airport. Miami-Dade authorities claim Salazar has ties to a brutal gang.
The leader of Torren de Aragua is Hector Guerrero Flores The 40-year-old fugitive was incarcerated for more than a decade in one of Venezuela's maximum-security prisons, where he cracked down on drug and human trafficking. In September he fled and is reported missing. Arrest warrants have been issued for Guerrero, known as “El Niño Guerrero,” in several Latin American countries.
According to reports, a murder investigation in Florida related to Torren de Aragua began late last year, when authorities began investigating a former Venezuelan police officer for allegedly inciting two women to kill him.
The victim, Jose Luis Sanchez, was lured by the women to a hotel near the Miami airport, where he was robbed and murdered by suspected gang members.
According to reports, the victim was found dead inside the car with his hands and feet bound with tape.
The suspects then burglarized the victim's apartment and found a safe containing money in his bedroom, according to the report. telemundoSpanish Network.
Mr. Guerrero has run his criminal organization from the Tocolon prison, about 160 miles southwest of Caracas, with the help of his brother Chaison Rover Guerrero and brother-in-law Neomar Antonio Aldana.
The gang, suspected of money laundering and human trafficking, has more than 4,000 members, according to Spanish-language reports.
