Police in San Antonio say a Venezuelan migrant is charged in the July capital murder of a teenager. The man is suspected of being a gun trafficker and Tren de Aragua gang member and was released by the Biden administration after illegally entering the U.S.
San Antonio law enforcement sources told CBS Austin they arrested Eiber Gabriel Sira-Vargas, 29, for the alleged kidnapping and murder of 19-year-old Alexis Jose Vargas. Court records show Sira-Vargas entered the U.S. illegally and was released by Border Patrol to wait for an immigration hearing. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers detained the Venezuelan migrant in September as part of a multi-agency operation.
Police say the Venezuelan migrant is suspected of being a Tren de Aragua gang member. He was ordered removed by an immigration judge in October.
In July, police began investigating the shooting death of the teenager. A surviving witness said they had been kidnapped and transported to a field near a quarry. The surviving witness pretended to be dead and called police after Sira-Vargas left the scene, the report states. Multiple witnesses identified Sira-Vargas as one of the men carrying out the attack.
Oh, this is so Biden!