EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A confirmed Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang member and convicted murderer from Venezuela was arrested last month in El Paso during Operation Lone Star, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).
On Sept. 4, 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.
Special agents found 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, but was shortly arrested, according to DPS.
Further investigation confirmed that Perozo-Monasterio is a confirmed TdA gang member and a fugitive from Venezuela.
He escaped from a Venezuelan prison after being convicted and sentenced to 17 years for the rape and murder of a 10-year-old child. DPS added that he also has a history of illegal reentry into the United States, and in April 2023, he was charged with alien inadmissibility by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
DPS turned Perozo-Monasterio over to ICE after his capture. He was then removed from the US.
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