They're Everywhere: Three Tren de Aragua Members Arrested in Utah

Three Venezuelan gang members from Tren de Aragua have been arrested in Utah on assault and burglary charges, according to a law enforcement source who spoke to The Post Millennial. The three gang members allegedly broke into a home and held four people at gunpoint and are suspected of having connections to a prostitution ring in Utah.

Pablo Jose Fernandez Gil, 34; Raquel Yudith Fagundez Pitire, 36; and Kender Alberto Brieo Quijada, 18, have been charged with aggravated assault and aggravated burglary, according to Salt Lake County jail records.

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They were each charged last week and are from Venezuela. Gil's record also states that he is a fugitive of justice and is a federal detainee. KSL reported that they are each subject to gang-enhancement penalties if the suspects are convicted.

The outlet reported that while Salt Lake Unified Police responded to a burglary in Salt Lake County on November 1, they saw Gil, Pitire, and Quijada in a vehicle and were able to take them into custody. A witness at the scene told police, "Gil told everyone he was going to kill them if they did not leave their girls alone" after he and the other gang members barged into a home with four people inside. 

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