Men arrested for brutal Dallas robbery said to be in Venezuelan gang, docs say
DALLAS - 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.
Dallas PD remains tight-lipped about the investigation. It's still unclear why the woman was targeted.
What happened?
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.
According to the documents, Hernandez-Hernandez watched two of the men go inside the Northwest Dallas home and eventually signaled for the rest of the men to go inside the home.
Hernandez-Hernandez says he saw the woman sitting in the living room while two of the men pointed guns at her.
The Spanish-speaking men communicated with the woman through Google Translate as they robbed her home, according to the document.
The woman told police the men hit her on the head with a gun and threatened to cut off her fingers if she didn't comply.
Police say the men made off with $75,000 in jewelry, a Gucci purse, a Ferragamo handbag, a Judith Leiber handbag, the woman's phone and several coins from a wooden box.
A fingerprint on the box eventually led police back to Hernandez-Hernandez.
Coincidentally, Hernandez-Hernandez was arrested by Colleyville police on Sept. 19 and released the day before the robbery.
Police say the 28-year-old had a defective brake light, no driver’s license, no insurance, no vehicle registration and was in possession of drug paraphernalia.
Dallas police used info from his previous arrest to locate Hernández-Hernandez at his apartment in Hurst.
Thieves tied up Dallas woman, threatened to cut off fingers during robbery: affidavit
An arrest warrant affidavit says a group of four men attacked a woman in her garage, tied her up and robbed her. Police believe Manuel Hernandez-Hernandez was one of those attackers.
The Venezuelan Gang Connection
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.
FOX 4 previously asked Dallas Police about the possible gang connections of the men.
"There is no evidence at this time to indicate that Hernandez-Hernandez is a member of the Tren de Aragua gang from Venezuela," Dallas Police responded.
When FOX 4 asked Dallas Police about the possible gang connection of the other suspects after the release of new affidavits on Friday afternoon, Dallas police said they had given over all available information at this time.
Court records show all four suspects are in the country illegally. They are being held at the Dallas County Jail on an immigration hold.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement tells FOX 4 the suspects are from Venezuela.