Second suspect arrested in Aragua train-related Doral killing – Telemundo Miami (51)

MIAMI, Florida – Miami-Dade police have arrested a second suspect in connection with the November 2023 slaying of Jose Luis Sanchez Valera in Doral. This is Julio Cesar Hernandez Montero, 27, who faces a series of charges, including the first charge. -degree murder, home invasion armed robbery, carjacking and kidnapping.

Hernandez Montero was arrested in Panama and extradited to the United States for the crime, according to Judge Mindy Glaser in bail court. Hernandez Montero was denied bail.

According to police, 27-year-old Yurwin Salazar was one of Maida's accomplices, who was arrested in January for the murder, robbery, kidnapping and home invasion of Jose Luis Sanchez Valera.

The tragic incident happened on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 between 2:35 am and 9:50 am when the body of Sanchez Valera was found in an abandoned vehicle in Miami, Florida.

The victim was in the back seat of a 2018 Toyota 4Runner with her hands and feet bound with duct tape. In this investigation, Hernández Montero, who identified himself as a member of the Venezuelan criminal gang “Tren de Aragua”, has been arrested. Report. Police.

“The Aragua train is a violent Venezuelan street gang operating in the United States, according to the FBI,” Judge Glazer said.

Brother's edition

In January of this year, Debise Zambrano, the victim's brother, provided Telemundo 51 with a video that may have been one of the last recordings of Sánchez Valera's life. In the video, the victim is seen with two women, one of whom is being sought by police in connection with the murder.

The women were identified by Zambrano as Yolidy Ilarraza and Yordalis Henriquez, and according to Zambrano, Ilarraza and Henriquez are mother and daughter and have ties to the neighborhood where the victim grew up. Also, Zambrano points out that his brother paid them to go to America.

According to police, another surveillance video shows the victim leaving the La Quinta Hotel when Montero and two others abducted him. After the kidnapping, police believe the suspects entered the victim's home, demanded money from the roommate and stole a safe.

On that occasion, Zambrano named two men identified as Yorvi Arenas and recently arrested Julio Cesar Hernandez Montero as possible accomplices in the crime against his brother.

Although Zambrano suggested Hernandez Montero, who operates under the Tren de Aragua network, has a history of trafficking in Venezuela, Miami-Dade Police have yet to confirm this information.

Senator Marco Rubio and Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar, along with other legislators, ordered the same Thursday, the same day Montero appeared in a Miami court. A letter to President Biden This gang should be declared a transnational criminal organization immediately.

This will help deploy the resources needed to stop the rising rate of organizational violence in the United States.