Colombia’s national police captured one of the three leaders of the Venezuelan gang linked to the murder of American nursing student Laken Riley, a statement revealed Monday.
Larry Amaury Álvarez Núñez — alias “Larry Changa” — was captured in the rural area of Circasia, a city in the west-central province of Quindío, according to a statement from Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s office.
Álvarez Núñez is a co-founder of the transnational gang “Tren de Aragua” or “Aragua Train” and part of its leading triumvirate. Petro’s statement identified the other two leaders are identified as ‘Niño Guerrero’ and ‘Johan Petrica’.
“This person was wanted by Venezuela and Chile, and had an arrest warrant issued by Interpol in 196 countries for serious crimes, including terrorism, financing of terrorism, arms and ammunition trafficking, aggravated…
