Posted on October 9, 2024

Men Arrested for Brutal Dallas Robbery Said to Be in Venezuelan Gang, Docs Say

KDFW, October 4, 2024

Dallas police have arrested three more suspects said to be a part of a Venezuelan gang who allegedly tied up a woman and robbed her inside of her Northwest Dallas home.

The three men were arrested after an hours-long standoff with Dallas and Irving police near DFW Airport in Irving on Thursday.

20-year-old Yean Brayhan Torrealba-Sanabria, 34-year-old Carlos Alberto Martinez-Silva and 27-year-old Wilmer Jesus Colmenares-Gonzalez have been charged with aggravated robbery in connection to the robbery on Elsby Avenue in Northwest Dallas on Sept. 21.

Police previously arrested 28-year-old Manuel Hernandez-Hernandez in connection to the case.

All four suspects are from Venezuela and are on immigration hold.

The court documents named two other men who are not in custody.

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After his arrest this week, Hernandez-Hernandez admitted to committing the robbery and gave police the nicknames of the other suspects in the case. He told police he did not know the other men’s full names, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

Hernandez-Hernandez told police he had received a Facebook message asking to meet up with a man he knew as “Cuma” from an Irving apartment.

An arrest warrant affidavit says that Hernandez-Hernandez got into a black SUV with four other men.

“[Hernandez-Hernandez] believed they were going to get money owed by a prostitute because he was aware ‘Cuma’ and the other suspects were involved in sex trafficking,” reads an affidavit.

The vehicle drove to Northwest Dallas, where the men allegedly attacked a woman in her driveway.

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After Hernandez-Hernandez was arrested, he told Dallas Police that the other men were a part of the El Anti-Tren criminal street gang. He also said he was paid $150 for his role in the robbery.

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Court records show all four suspects are in the country illegally. {snip}

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