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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Law enforcement officials successful Fresno County gathered connected Wednesday to denote the apprehension of 5 suspected pack members who are believed to beryllium liable for aggregate robberies successful the Central Valley during the summertime of 2024.
According to Sheriff John Zanoni, deputies and detectives crossed aggregate agencies contacted and arrested the pursuing suspects:
- 31-year-old Anderson Vega Laya
- 22-year-old Yan Garcia-Heredia
- 29-year-old Helan Lopez Sanchez
- 19-year-old Albert Hinegues
- 25-year-old Aaron Sojo Moreno
Officials accidental the robberies occurred implicit the people of 2 weeks during the summertime of 2024. Zanoni says 2 of the robberies happened connected the aforesaid night.
Around 10 p.m. connected Aug. 4, 2024, Zanoni says 3 masked men committed an equipped robbery astatine a taco basal located connected Highway 33, conscionable northbound of the metropolis of Mendota. They stole wealth from the concern proprietor and besides took a Jeep and the idiosyncratic belongings of 2 customers.
Ten minutes later, connected the aforesaid night, Zanoni says the suspects ambushed a antheral adjacent Highway 33 and Barstow Avenue. They held the antheral astatine gunpoint, stole this Honda Accord, and near the Jeep behind. The adjacent day, the Honda was recovered abandoned.
Zanoni says each the suspects lived successful and astir Mendota and occidental Fresno County, but noted that Garcia-Heredia, Sojo Moreno and Laya are primitively from Venezuela and Lopez Sanchez is from El Salvador.
"Detectives person developed accusation that has led america to judge that these individuals are perchance connected to Tren de Aragua, TDA, which is besides known arsenic a convulsive transgression thoroughfare gang," Zanoni said.
On Aug. 9th, 2024, Zanoni says soon earlier 4:30 p.m., 3 masked men with guns robbed the Shasta Market, located westbound of the metropolis of Kerman. They stole currency from the registry and fled. In the 2014 Ford C-Mac.
On Aug. 16, 2024, Zanoni says the aforesaid Ford C-Mac arrived astatine the Buhler Country store successful Mendota. Four masked gunmen took currency from the registry astatine this location.
Zanoni aboriginal that month, the Ford C-Mac was recovered connected occurrence successful a agrarian country successful Mendota.
Detectives were capable to place accusation that led to them identifying radical with ties to the vehicle.
In September of 2024, detectives and the Sheriff's SWAT squad served warrants that resulted successful the postulation of grounds linked to the assorted robbery scenes.
Zanoni says detectives were capable to apprehension Hinegues and Vega successful aboriginal January. Later that aforesaid month, detectives attempted to instrumentality Lopez-Sanchez into custody astatine a Motel 6 disconnected of Shaw Avenue and Highway 99.
According to Zanoni, Lopez-Sanchez refused to permission his country and attempted to sprout an AR-15 aggregate times astatine the doorway to his country arsenic officers approached.
"Thankfully, owed to the firearm malfunction, nary of the rounds successful the weapon fired. Deputies yet took Sanchez safely into custody," Zanoni said.
In February, Zanoni says officials learned that Sojo Moreno was taken into constabulary custody successful Colorado and deputies with the FCSO travelled to Colorado to retrieve him.
On April 11, Mendota constabulary detectives served an unrelated hunt warrant successful the metropolis of Mendota and recovered Garcia-Heredia astatine the residence and took him into custody for the robberies.
Fresno County District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp says the suspects "give each immigrants a atrocious name."
"There are precise bully radical who person immigrated to this state who consistently go victimized by this benignant of behavior," Smittcamp said. "Whether you are present legally oregon you are present illegally, if you are a unfortunate of crime, we are present to support you."
