One of many unlawful migrants who allegedly killed a Mexican border agent when he requested to see their identification papers has been linked to the violent Venezuelan jail gang, Tren de Aragua — because it was revealed the immigration official was brutally crushed with a rock.
The federal agent, recognized as Luis Alberto Olivas García, was ambushed by a bunch of three migrants at a checkpoint within the northern state of Chihuahua on Dec. 30, in line with Mexico’s Nationwide Migration Institute.
The trio — two Venezuelan nationals and a Columbian nationwide — allegedly pushed Olivas García down a hill after he intercepted them throughout the border from El Paso, Texas, a Mexican courtroom heard Monday, in line with Border Report.
One of many Venezuelan migrants then allegedly grabbed a rock and bashed the federal agent within the head till he died, the outlet reported.
A Mexican police official additionally revealed that one of many accused migrant killers had tattoos linked to Tren de Aragua, the vicious gang that has expanded its territory to a minimum of 19 US states after crossing the besieged southern border.
“One of them has the tattoos that we have identified as probably linked to Tren de Aragua,” Chihuahua Public Security Director Gilberto Loya mentioned in an interview with Border Report.
“We have shared this information with other agencies and are waiting for the next binational meeting to have it checked in [American] databases,” Loya added.
The disturbing assault got here as Tren de Aragua gangbangers have been mobbing the border in El Paso and threatening to assault troops patrolling the US aspect, in line with a Texas regulation enforcement memo just lately leaked to The Put up.
In a single current bum rush try, 20 Venezuelan gangbangers tried to violently break by means of the border whereas carrying blades, tire irons and damaged liquor bottles.
The stress has been mounting on the border forward of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration and looming immigration crackdown.
Members of the jail gang have unleashed a wave of crime throughout the US after principally sneaking throughout the US-Mexico border into Texas by posing as asylum seekers.
Among the gangbangers have been linked to high-profile migrant crimes, such because the murders of Georgia nursing scholar Laken Riley and 12-year-old Houston native Jocelyn Nungaray.
