Suspected Tren de Aragua member among 5 arrested in human smuggling bust: Texas sheriff

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A suspected subordinate of the notorious Tren de Aragua (TdA) pack was among 5 radical arrested during a quality smuggling bust successful Texas, authorities said Wednesday.

The 3 suspects accused of quality smuggling person been "circumventing Border Patrol checkpoints" and utilizing known quality smuggling routes to bring up to 15 radical per week into the U.S., Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar told reporters. He said 2 different individuals contiguous during their arrests were accused of cause possession.

The 3 suspects charged with quality smuggling were identified arsenic 24-year-old Jose Francisco Barriento Vega of Mexico, 49-year-old Mary Lou Tula and 44-year-old Alexis Segundo Olivo Fernandez of Venezuela.

Vega is successful the U.S. without documentation, Salazar said, portion Tula is believed to beryllium a U.S. citizen.

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Jose Francisco Barriento Vega, 24, is simply a Mexican nationalist who is successful the U.S. without documentation, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said. (Bexar County Sheriff's Office)

Fernandez is suspected of belonging to TdA, Salazar said, noting that definite tattoos and his ties to alleged quality smuggling led to the suspicions.

Mary Lou Tula, 49, is believed to beryllium a U.S. citizen. (Bexar County Sheriff's Office)

Two different men, identified arsenic 25-year-old Brandon Suarez and 19-year-old Bryan Suarez, happened to beryllium contiguous astatine the country of an apprehension and were arrested for cause possession, the sheriff said. Both men are U.S. citizens.

Alexis Segundo Olivo Fernandez, 44, is simply a Venezuelan nationalist and suspected subordinate of Tren de Aragua, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said. (Bexar County Sheriff's Office)

Salazar said a sixth individual, whom helium said helium was incapable to publically sanction astatine this point, is suspected of being a subordinate of TdA. The idiosyncratic was not arrested astatine the clip of the briefing, though Salazar said helium believed borderline authorities were "taking possession" of the suspect.

Brandon Suarez, 25, was arrested during the bust for cause possession, the sheriff's bureau said. (Bexar County Sheriff's Office)

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Salazar said the sheriff's Human Exploitation Unit has worked with Laredo Sector Border Patrol to analyse the quality smuggling radical since launching operations successful April. The sheriff noted the radical has associations with transgression organizations liable for upwards of $1 cardinal of seized cash.