5 alleged Tren de Aragua gang members charged in retail thefts, including 1 seen sobbing in police interview

Florida authorities arrested 5 suspected members of the Venezuelan pack Tren de Aragua successful transportation with a drawstring of retail thefts, and 1 of the suspects was seen sobbing during his interrogation with instrumentality enforcement.

Alexis Jose Rodriguez-Benavides, Darwins Smith Vasquez-Leon, Ildemaro Miguel Escalona Mendoza, Ramon Jesus Carpintero-Luna and Samuel Oglis David Anthony Charlie are facing charges for organized retail theft and robbery. Investigators are besides moving to adhd racketeering charges, according to Fox 13.

The 5 suspects are each successful the U.S. without authorization.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd shared an representation astatine a quality league of Carpintero-Luna appearing to beryllium sobbing portion being interviewed by investigators.

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Ramon Jesus Carpintero-Luna sobbing portion being interviewed by instrumentality enforcement. (Polk County Sheriff's Office)

Judd said the probe into the retail crimes began successful October, erstwhile Publix reported that a bid of high-end liquor items were being stolen from stores successful Central Florida. Walmart and Sam's Club made akin reports of thefts astatine their stores.

Investigators reported 32 theft and robbery cases successful Polk County alone.

The incidental that helped investigators bust the suspects happened past period astatine a Sam's Club successful Lakeland, wherever the suspects attempted to bargain a buying cart filled with $3,200 worthy of liquor, according to the sheriff.

Alexis Jose Rodriguez-Benavides, Darwins Smith Vasquez-Leon, Ildemaro Miguel Escalona Mendoza, Ramon Jesus Carpintero-Luna and Samuel Oglis David Anthony Charlie (Polk County Sheriff's Office)

In that incident, the suspects injured a pistillate idiosyncratic who grabbed the cart successful an effort to halt them, Judd said. The radical near for a car that they past crashed successful the parking batch earlier escaping successful an Uber.

Investigators searched the car and recovered stolen liquor, cellphones and a passport.

After identifying the suspects, instrumentality enforcement learned that 2 of the men were already successful custody for a antithetic robbery successful Osceola County. The different 3 suspects were arrested Thursday night.

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The incidental that helped investigators bust the suspects happened past period astatine a Sam's Club successful Lakeland. (Getty Images)

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"I tin archer you that this convulsive pack was live and good successful Central Florida," Judd said astatine the quality conference, referring to Tren de Aragua.

The sheriff said the suspects look enhanced charges owed to their migration status, arsenic helium railed against radical helium described arsenic "criminal amerciable aliens."

"They are tormenting and terrorizing and stealing and robbing and murdering people," Judd said.