(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The name and charges of a suspect arrested in Colorado Springs on Wednesday, Jan. 7, align with the name of an alleged Tren de Aragua (TdA) member who was indicted on racketeering and murder charges following a deadly kidnapping in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2024.
According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), a suspect by the name of Yorvis Michel Carrascal Campo was among 11 alleged TdA members indicted on racketeering charges in connection with a 2024 incident in Albuquerque in which a victim was kidnapped, assaulted, murdered, and buried in a remote New Mexico desert.
According to the DOJ, on or around June 16, 2024, multiple alleged leaders of the TdA enterprise directed the kidnapping of an unnamed victim. A Colombian national, also allegedly in the U.S. illegally, carried out the kidnapping by luring the victim to an apartment in Albuquerque. Once inside the apartment, multiple Venezuelan nationals, including 26-year-old Carrascal Campo, allegedly restrained and assaulted the victim…