Farmers Branch Police said that a man who was murdered and dumped along a road on August 24 was a member of a violent Venezuelan gang and that other gang members were behind his death.
The body of Nilzult Petit, 33, was found shot to death along the 1100 block of Valley View in Farmers Branch. Hours later, two teenagers who had been kidnapped along with Petit were turned loose. They were found walking along the I-35 frontage road in Lewisville.
Farmers Branch Police now say Petit was a member of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. The gang has been involved in a complex ATM theft scheme nationwide. Police now believe that four other gang members suspected he was skimming money.
Carlo Luis Zambrano Bolivar and Jhonatan Nahin Toro Gonzalez have been arrested in Aurora Colorado. A third, Ehiker Alexander Morales Mendoza, was picked up in Las Cruces New Mexico. A fourth man, Jhonny Jesus Martinez Serrano, is on the run.
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