Aurora constabulary main connected Tren de Aragua pack claims
The Venezuelan prosecutor's bureau said Monday it has launched an probe into the livestreamed execution of a fashionable TikTok idiosyncratic who had denounced the Tren de Aragua transgression pack and allegedly corrupt constabulary officials.
Jesus Sarmiento, who had astir 80,000 followers connected TikTok, was murdered implicit the play by equipped men who broke into the residence wherever helium was staying.
In the video shared connected societal media, a pistillate banging connected a doorway and screaming for assistance tin beryllium heard successful the background.
"They changeable me, they changeable me," Sarmiento says, arsenic humor is disposable connected the floor. Two equipped men look concisely earlier the watercourse ends.
"Attorney General Tarek William Saab announces that the Public Prosecutor's Office... has been tasked with investigating, identifying, and punishing those liable for the assassination of Jesus Sarmiento," the prosecutor's bureau announced connected Instagram connected Monday.
Sarmiento had "denounced the threats helium was receiving from members of GEDOS (Structured Organized Crime Group) and alleged constabulary officers," the prosecutor's bureau said successful a statement.
In his TikTok posts, Sarmiento spoke astir the person of the Tren de Aragua, Hector Rusthenford Guerrero, who is 1 of the country's astir wanted criminals known by the alias "Nino Guerrero." The U.S. State Department has offered a $5 cardinal reward for accusation starring to his apprehension and conviction.
The Venezuelan authorities has maintained that the Tren de Aragua — which the U.S. considers a "terrorist" organization — has already been dismantled and denies its existence.
Sarmiento shared photos and videos of alleged members of the pack and denounced the "extortion" by constabulary officers.
"I was kidnapped by... DAET — the police's Directorate of Strategic and Tactical Actions," helium stated successful 1 of his last videos.
"We are overrun with delinquent officials who enactment with communal criminals," helium added.
Sarmiento's execution marks the latest successful a drawstring of deadly attacks connected fashionable societal media figures.
Earlier this month, Pakistani constabulary said 17-year-old TikTok star Sana Yousaf was changeable dormant by a antheral who had repeatedly contacted her online.
And past month, the murder of a young influencer during a livestream successful Jalisco, successful occidental Mexico, shocked the country. Authorities insisted determination was nary "evidence" that the execution of 23-year-old Valeria Márquez was linked to organized crime, and prosecutors opened an probe for "femicide."
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