COLORADO SPRINGS, CO- Recall last year when Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) and other officials in the state insisted that reports of Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang infiltration in Colorado Springs were a lie. Now, Fox 21 News is reporting that a suspect who was indicted on racketeering and murder charges following a deadly kidnapping in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 2024, was arrested in the city on Jan. 7.
The outlet reported that the name and charges of a suspect arrested on that date align with the name of a TdA member who was involved in the 2024 incident in New Mexico, where a victim was kidnapped, assaulted, murdered, and buried in a remote New Mexico desert.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said that Yorvis Michel Carrascal Campo was one of 11 alleged TdA members indicted on racketeering charges in connection with the kidnapping.
On or about June 16, 2024, several alleged leaders of TdA directed that an unnamed victim be kidnapped, the DOJ said. The kidnapping was carried out by a Colombian national believed to be an illegal alien, who lured the victim to an apartment in Albuquerque. Once inside, multiple Venezuelan nationals, including the suspect Carrascal Campo, allegedly restrained and assaulted the victim.
The group interrogated the victim about his loyalty to the group and suspected connections to rival gangs. After the interrogation, a TdA leader who was on the other end of a phone call with one of the gang members present in the apartment ordered the victim be killed.
The DOJ alleges that multiple gang members, including Carrascal Campo, strangled the victim to death. The group then photographed the victim’s body and sent the images to TdA leaders to confirm that the murder had been carried out as instructed.
According to the DOJ, Carrascal Campo and several other alleged gang members cleaned the apartment of evidence, and then helped bury the victim in a suitcase at a remote location within New Mexico. On Dec. 18, 2025, the DOJ announced that Carrascal Campo and others involved in the crime had been indicted on charges of conspiracy to conduct racketeering activity, murder in aid of racketeering, and drug trafficking conspiracy.
On Jan. 7, officers of the Colorado Springs Police Department assisted Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in executing a warrant and arresting Carrascal Campo. He fled from agents and jumped fences into neighboring backyards. Police deployed a K9 and drone unit, while Colorado Springs officers set up a perimeter.
A shelter-in-place order was issued to protect area residents. After about an hour, the police department confirmed that Carrascal Campo was in custody, and the order was lifted.
If convicted on the charges, Carrascal Campo faces up to life in prison.
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