Authorities with the Colombian police force announced on X that a Colombian national and suspected member of the violent gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) has been arrested and is awaiting extradition to South Florida to face charges in the kidnapping and murder of a Doral, Florida, man.
NBC Miami reported that the suspect, Yorvi Jose Arenas Lezama, also known as "El Nene," is wanted for participating in the kidnapping, murder and home invasion of 43-year-old Jose Luis Sanchez-Valera. El Nene is the third person accused of participating the violent crime.
Colombian authorities said that Sanchez-Valera was tricked into going to a hotel on November 27, 2023, where he was gagged and tortured in order for the suspects to steal his belongings from his residence. The suspects then allegedly killed the victim and left his body abandoned inside a vehicle.
El Nene will be facing homicide and robbery charges in the United States after being arrested in Cali, Colombia, where he had been "transforming his physical appearance and posing as a barber." An arrest warrant states that Sanchez-Valera went to the hotel in Miami to meet a woman on the night of November 27, 2023.
Surveillance from the hotel shows him leaving and getting into his Toyota 4Runner as three suspects in dark clothing emerged from a silver sedan and physically removed him from the driver's seat. He was then forcibly placed in the back seat of his SUV as the suspects fled.
Hours later, a home invasion robbery was reported at his apartment in the 4600 block of Northwest 102 Path in Doral. The warrant states that two armed males entered Sanchez-Valera's home and demanded jewelry from his roommate. They also took a safe from his bedroom and then fled in the silver sedan.
After the suspects fled, the roommate contacted Sanchez-Valera's son, who was able to track his father's location with a phone locator app. The victim's "blood splattered" 4Runner was discovered at Northwest 28th Street and Northwest 37th Avenue with his body in the back seat. The warrant said his hands and feet were bound.
A medical examiner determined that Sanchez-Valera had been choked to death and his death was ruled a homicide. Two other men currently face charges in the violent crime as well. Julio Cesar Hernandez-Montero, 27, and Yurwin Salazar-Maita, 23, were indicted on first-degree murder charges in September 2024.
On top of the first-degree murder charges, Assistant State Attorney Gabriela Alfaro said the state would also be prosecuting the co-defendants on robbery home invasion, carjacking, kidnapping, and burglary charges. The warrant said that the roommate of Sanchez-Valera was able to identify the woman he was supposed to meet at the hotel and one of the suspects as an acquaintance from their home country of Venezuela.
According to the warrant, the roommate also said that during the home invasion, one of the suspects told him they were from "Tren de Aragua." The co-defendants were not given a bond and remain in jail. If convicted on first-degree murder, both Hernandez-Montero and Salazar-Maita could be sentenced to death.
NBC Miami reported that the suspect, Yorvi Jose Arenas Lezama, also known as "El Nene," is wanted for participating in the kidnapping, murder and home invasion of 43-year-old Jose Luis Sanchez-Valera. El Nene is the third person accused of participating the violent crime.
Colombian authorities said that Sanchez-Valera was tricked into going to a hotel on November 27, 2023, where he was gagged and tortured in order for the suspects to steal his belongings from his residence. The suspects then allegedly killed the victim and left his body abandoned inside a vehicle.
El Nene will be facing homicide and robbery charges in the United States after being arrested in Cali, Colombia, where he had been "transforming his physical appearance and posing as a barber." An arrest warrant states that Sanchez-Valera went to the hotel in Miami to meet a woman on the night of November 27, 2023.
Surveillance from the hotel shows him leaving and getting into his Toyota 4Runner as three suspects in dark clothing emerged from a silver sedan and physically removed him from the driver's seat. He was then forcibly placed in the back seat of his SUV as the suspects fled.
Hours later, a home invasion robbery was reported at his apartment in the 4600 block of Northwest 102 Path in Doral. The warrant states that two armed males entered Sanchez-Valera's home and demanded jewelry from his roommate. They also took a safe from his bedroom and then fled in the silver sedan.
After the suspects fled, the roommate contacted Sanchez-Valera's son, who was able to track his father's location with a phone locator app. The victim's "blood splattered" 4Runner was discovered at Northwest 28th Street and Northwest 37th Avenue with his body in the back seat. The warrant said his hands and feet were bound.
A medical examiner determined that Sanchez-Valera had been choked to death and his death was ruled a homicide. Two other men currently face charges in the violent crime as well. Julio Cesar Hernandez-Montero, 27, and Yurwin Salazar-Maita, 23, were indicted on first-degree murder charges in September 2024.
On top of the first-degree murder charges, Assistant State Attorney Gabriela Alfaro said the state would also be prosecuting the co-defendants on robbery home invasion, carjacking, kidnapping, and burglary charges. The warrant said that the roommate of Sanchez-Valera was able to identify the woman he was supposed to meet at the hotel and one of the suspects as an acquaintance from their home country of Venezuela.
According to the warrant, the roommate also said that during the home invasion, one of the suspects told him they were from "Tren de Aragua." The co-defendants were not given a bond and remain in jail. If convicted on first-degree murder, both Hernandez-Montero and Salazar-Maita could be sentenced to death.
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2025-02-09T17:16-0500 | Comment by: Paul
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2025-02-11T09:44-0500 | Comment by: James
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