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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