Colombian authorities said Venezuelan national Aderbiss Pirela was instructing gang members in Bogotá from a migrant shelter in Texas, where he was awaiting his application for asylum to be processed
Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still
Important Takeaways:
- Aderbiss Pirela, of Venezuela, was captured in New Braunfels, Texas on Tuesday
- Pirela is the second leader of Los Satanás, a gang that operates in Bogotá, Colombia, and in January was able to apply for asylum in Texas
- The gang is linked drug trafficking, murder and extortion in Bogotá
- Gualdrón said that Pirela was caught crossing the United States-Mexico border on January 2 and requested political asylum from the United States on January 7.
- Investigators would learn on January 27 that he and his associates were operating Los Satanás gang activities from a shelter in Texas and instructing gang members in Bogotá.
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