EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — A federal grand jury in New Mexico has indicted 11 alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang on racketeering charges stemming from the kidnapping and strangling of a man whose body was buried in the desert.
The indictment alleges Henderson Yofre Mavo Finol, 39, and Adan Jose Ramirez Sanchez, 38, ordered the abduction of a victim only identified as John Doe 1 on or about June 16, 2024.
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A Colombian national identified as Hagy Jose Barrios Rojano, 31, allegedly carried out the kidnapping by luring John Doe 1 to an apartment in Albuquerque. Once inside, the victim saw himself surrounded by five other men — all of them Venezuelan nationals, TDA members and illegally present in the U.S. — who tied him up and pistol-whipped him in the head and face.
The men in the apartment called Mavo and Ramirez, who put their phone on conference mode and conferred with other Tren de Aragua associates in the U.S. and abroad. The gang members violently interrogated John Doe 1 during the conference call regarding his loyalty to TDA and suspected dealings with rival gangs, prosecutors allege.
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Gang members then allegedly beat and strangled John Doe 1…