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Tren De Aragua Clashes with Colombia's Underworld

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Tren de Aragua Clashes with Colombia’s Underworld In the early hours of July 1, 2024, an elite corps of Colombian police suited up and loaded their automatic rifles, aiming to end their hunt for one of the most wanted men in Latin America. After several months of tracking and surveillance, Colombian security forces arrested Larry Amaury Álvarez Núñez, alias “Larry Changa,” leader and co-founder of Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan-born criminal org…

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Alberto Carlos Mejía Hernández, 18, was arrested on Saturday afternoon on the public road in the city of Barrancabermeja, Colombia. He was wanted by Chilean justice, in 196 countries, after he was released, inexplicably, on July 10 from Santago l prison, just one day after he went into pretrial detention, after being charged as the hit man who murdered informal lender José Felipe Reyes Ossa, known as the King of the Meiggs, on June 19 at the exi…

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SANTIAGO (AP) — A suspected hitman from the Aragua Train accused of allegedly murdering Chilean businessman José Felipe Reyes Ossa, known as the “King of Meiggs,” in June was arrested...

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During the afternoon of this Saturday, Carabineros de Chile confirmed the arrest of Alberto Carlos Mejía Hernández in the middle of the public road of the city of Barrancabermeja, Colombia.According to police sources, Mejía Hernández will be placed at the disposal of the Attorney General's Office pending diplomatic documentation for his extradition.In addition, Carabineros revealed this record of the time he was arrested.

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On the morning of this Sunday, August 17, José Antonio Neme was surprised to appear in Meganoticias in an office from Colombia. Mucho Gusto’s driver traveled to Colombia after the arrest of Alberto Carlos Mejía, named as the alleged hitman of the “King of Meiggs”. In this line, Luis Ugalde who leads the news gave him the pass as follows: “You already see him on screen, our special envoy. I hope he is not licensed,” he said laughing at José Anton…

After his arrest, the detainee was placed at the disposal of the Public Prosecutor’s Office to continue the diplomatic process for his extradition. Authorities detained in the city of Barrancabermeja, in the department of Santander, Venezuelan Alberto Carlos Mejía Hernández, one of the “most wanted” members of the transnational criminal band Tren de Aragua in Chile, the Police reported. In a binational operation, in which the Colombian Police, t…

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The Clinic broke the news in on Saturday, August 16, 2025.
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