Three Men Tied to Tren De Aragua Sentenced for Kidnapping, Torturing of Man in Denver
Federal prosecutors said the men filmed the abuse and demanded $30,000 in ransom before one victim’s pinky was cut off with pliers.
- On Monday, a federal judge sentenced three Venezuelan nationals linked to TdA to 20 years in prison for kidnapping and torturing a roommate in Denver in 2024, prosecutors said.
- The four defendants kidnapped the victim after discovering he and his father were police officers in Venezuela, consulting with international TdA leadership during the attack.
- Authorities said the group filmed themselves strangling the victim, holding his head in water, and severing his finger with pliers, demanding a $30,000 ransom from his wife in Venezuela.
- Judge John Kane sentenced the three men in separate hearings, while a fourth defendant, Jose Daniel Pineda-Moreno, pleaded guilty to attempted kidnapping and awaits sentencing in December.
- United States Attorney Colorado Peter McNeilly announced a federal grand jury indicted TdA leader Brawins Dominique Suarez Villegas, also known as "Chino San Vicente," for his role in the October 2024 crimes.
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Denver man held by Tren de Aragua-linked roommates escaped and walked into a police station the next morning to show officers his missing finger
Three Venezuelan nationals have been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for their roles in a kidnapping and torture plot inside a Denver home. Darwin Veliz-Gonzalez, Jefferson Balza-Delfin, and Yender Enrique Campos-Malave were handed these sentences after federal prosecutors said they operated under the direction of Tren de Aragua leaders. All three pleaded guilty to attempted kidnapping, according to CBS News. The ordeal began after the v…
Gang Members Get 20 Years After Horrific Torture | Fresh Off The Press
A gang that treats torture as a recruiting video and ransom as a line item in a business plan does not look, on paper, like the shadowy cartel of popular imagination — it looks like a franchise, with local operators answering to leadership that may be sitting in a Colombian prison cell or a safe house in Venezuela while the violence plays out thousands of miles away in a rented house in Denver. Key Points Three Venezuelan nationals — Darwin Vel…
The victim managed to escape after several days of captivity in the same house where she rented a room. Her captors cut off her finger and sent the recordings of the tortures to his wife to demand money from her family in Venezuela.
POLITICS: Three Sentenced to 20 Years for Torturing Denver Man in Tren de Aragua Ransom Plot – The Beltway Report
Three Venezuelan nationals have been sentenced to 20 years each in federal prison for kidnapping and torturing a Denver man in a ransom scheme directed by leaders of the Tren de Aragua gang, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced Monday. Darwin Veliz-Gonzalez, Jefferson Balza-Delfin and Yender Enrique Campos-Malave were convicted in connection with the attack on a man who had been renting a room in their Denver home. P…
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