SANTA FE, New Mexico (KVIA) — 11 Tren de Aragua gang members, primarily from Venezuela, are facing federal racketeering charges in New Mexico. Federal prosecutors say the 11 were just indicted. They are accused of kidnapping, brutally interrogating, and strangling a person in an Albuquerque apartment. They then allegedly buried the person’s body in a remote desert grave, prosecutors say.
Court documents state that Henderson Yofre Mavo Finol, 39, and Adan Jose Ramirez Sanchez, 38, both undocumented migrants and alleged Tren de Aragua leaders, allegedly directed the kidnapping of John Doe 1 on June 16, 2024. Prosecutors say that undocumented Colombian national Hagy Jose Barrios Rojano, 31, carried out the kidnapping by luring John Doe to the Albuquerque apartment.
“Once inside the apartment, Leonel Arquimedes Bustamante Sanchez, 27, Yefeso Rafael Colina Quiroz, 26, Maikol David Aponte Ramos, 26, Ichiro Eduardo Yamawaki Berrio, 22, Yorvis Michel Carrascal Campo, 26, all Venezuelan nationals illegally present in the U.S., and other TdA members allegedly restrained and assaulted John Doe 1,” federal prosecutors explained. “During the assault, Bustamante Sanchez allegedly struck John Doe 1 in the head and face with a firearm, rendering him incapacitated.”…