Venezuelan police have arrested an alleged accomplice in the murder of a TikTok influencer who was killed during a livestream after denouncing members of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang and allegedly corrupt police officers. Jesus Sarmiento, who had more than 77,000 followers on the social media platform, was broadcasting live when armed men entered the … Read more
Miami — A former Venezuelan spymaster who was close to the country’s late President Hugo Chávez pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug trafficking charges a week before his trial was set to begin in a Manhattan federal court. Retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal was extradited from Spain in 2023 after more than a decade on the … Read more
The Venezuelan prosecutor’s office said Monday it has launched an investigation into the livestreamed murder of a popular TikTok user who had denounced the Tren de Aragua criminal gang and allegedly corrupt police officials. Jesus Sarmiento, who had nearly 80,000 followers on TikTok, was murdered over the weekend by armed men who broke into the … Read more