INVADER NEWS: Venezuelan Gang Members Accused in Dallas-Area Murder; Investigation Took Authorities to Colorado, New Mexico: 3 Venezuelan Gang Members Accused of Murdering North Texas Man, Kidnapping 2 Kids; 1 Suspect At Large

Venezuelan gang members accused in Dallas-area murder; investigation took authorities to Colorado, New Mexico:

More illegal border crossers who are confirmed Venezuelan Tren De Aragua prison gang members continue to be arrested for allegedly committing violent crimes in Texas.

Three Venezuelan men, all in the country illegally, were the latest to be arrested on capital murder and aggravated kidnapping charges that are believed to have occurred in Farmers Branch, a northwestern suburb of Dallas.

Two suspects were arrested in Aurora, Colorado; one was arrested in Las Cruces, New Mexico. All three are being extradited to Texas. A fourth remains at large.

All five Venezuelan men are believed to be part of a national ATM theft ring, Farmers Branch Police Department announced this week.

The three who were arrested were charged with the capital murder of 33-year-old Nilzult Petit, also a confirmed TDA gang member.

The arrests are connected to Petit’s August 24, 2024, murder. Farmers Branch police officers found his body with a single gunshot wound to the head. FBPD and Lewisville PD officers also found two juveniles believed to be known to Petit who were found in the early morning hours on the same day walking along the I-35 service road in Lewisville.

Upon recovering them, the officers learned that “Petit and the two juveniles had been forcibly taken by several unknown suspects from an apartment complex on Fair Oaks Crossing in Dallas around 12:30 a.m. The suspects drove Petit and the juveniles to the location in Farmers Branch, where Petit was subsequently shot and killed. The suspects then fled the scene with the two juveniles in a light-colored four-door sedan before releasing the juveniles, unharmed, on the IH-35E service road,” FBPD said in a statement.

Through an extensive investigation, FBPD detectives were able to initially identify two suspects who they believe were Petit’s associates allegedly involved in a complex ATM theft operation targeting several locations nationwide. After the latest ATM theft offense, “the suspects accused Petit of withholding portions of the stolen money” from others in the theft ring. They reportedly confronted Petit and demanded payment, “which he was unwilling or unable to provide. Petit and the two juveniles were then forcibly taken from” their apartment complex, driven to the area in Farmers Branch where he was murdered execution style, FBPD said.

The investigation led FBPD detectives to Aurora, Colorado, where they traveled in September to interview two suspects. They were already in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. They were subsequently charged with capital murder and aggravated kidnapping and are awaiting extradition to Texas. —>READ MORE HERE

3 Venezuelan gang members accused of murdering North Texas man, kidnapping 2 kids; 1 suspect at large:

Three suspected gang members were arrested for the murder of a man and kidnapping of two kids in Farmers Branch earlier this year.

The suspects were located in Colorado and New Mexico. A fourth remains on the run.

Authorities believe the suspects and the murder victim were all members of a Venezuelan street gang running an ATM theft operation.

Tren De Aragua is the Venezuelan gang that four capital murder suspects are affiliated with, according to the Farmers Branch Police Department.

Investigators believe four Venezuelan gang members kidnapped 33-year-old Nilzult Petit and two children, taking them to an apartment in Farmers Branch, where he was shot in the head.

On August 24, the body of 33-year-old Nilzult Petit was found on Valley View Lane in Irving. Officers later found the two young kids related to Petit wandering along I-35E in Lewisville after being let go by the kidnappers unharmed.

Petit was allegedly working with the people who killed him in a nationwide ATM theft scheme and failed to pay them.

Attorney John Helms is a former federal prosecutor not connected to this case. He says ATM thefts are commonly targeted by criminals away from their home base.

“Some will know how to do it. They’ll recruit other people and show them how to do it,” he said. “Then they go off to different places around the country, hit some ATMs and then come back. And that makes it harder to find them if they’re hitting ATMs that are a long way away from where they’re based out of.”

Carlos Luis Zambrano Bolivar, 25, and Jhonata Nahin Toro Gonzalez, 22, were arrested by ICE in Aurora, Colorado, where alleged gang activity has played an outsized role in politics. —>READ MORE HERE

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