EL PASO, TX (NEWS RELEASE) – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) captured a confirmed Tren de Argua (TdA) gang member and convicted murderer from Venezuela in El Paso Co. during Operation Lone Star last month.
On the morning of Sept. 4, 2025, DPS Special Agents with the Criminal Investigations Division (CID), working in collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the U.S. Border Patrol received information on a possible TdA gang member and wanted murderer who may be staying at a hotel in El Paso, Texas.
Special Agents then encountered the suspect, later identified as Alexis Ramon Perozo-Monasterio, 36, who attempted to flee by jumping out a window from the second floor of the hotel. He was apprehended by Special Agents…