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Two Venezuelan nationals — one suspected of ties to the Tren de Aragua gang — allegedly kidnapped a woman in Washington state, drilled a hole in her hand, and shot her near a highway, according to police.
Kevin Daniel Sanabria Ojeda, 24, and Alexander Moises Arnaez-Gutierrez, 25, are accused of approaching the 58-year-old woman outside her apartment in Burien, King County, on Jan. 28, claiming they had been waiting for her before forcing her into their vehicle.
Sanabria Ojeda allegedly fired at the woman during her struggle but missed. The suspects then forced her into the car, kicked her in the head, and tortured her while demanding her banking information, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by Fox News.
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The woman was returning to her apartment after work when the men abducted her.
Police reported that the suspects forced the woman to reveal her credit and bank card PINs by drilling into her right hand with a power drill.
They then allegedly threatened to kill her and her family, feed her to bears, and dispose of her body in a remote location.
Sanabria Ojeda and Arnaez-Gutierrez are accused of driving the woman to Kittitas County, where they pulled over on Interstate 90. One of them reportedly said she had heard too much and needed to be killed.
They dragged her out of the car and threw her over a retaining wall, where Sanabria Ojeda shot her.
“They shot her on a mountain pass and left her for dead,” investigators stated in the report.
The woman was struck in the shoulder but survived by pretending to be dead.
The suspects used a power drill to torture the woman.
Meanwhile, the suspects returned to the victim’s apartment, where they stole her car, purse, and nearly $20,000 worth of jewelry and gold.
The woman was taken to a local hospital, where police interviewed her after responding to reports of screams from neighbors.
With assistance from the FBI, investigators traced Sanabria Ojeda’s vehicle to a motel in Lansing, Illinois. He was arrested, and a search of his room uncovered the victim’s jewelry.
The suspects shot the woman and abandoned her beside a highway, but she managed to survive.
Sanabria Ojeda confessed to police that he was involved in the crime, according to the police report.
Arnaez-Gutierrez was arrested by Mercer Island police during a traffic stop last week.
The King County Sheriff’s Office stated that one of the suspects likely has ties to Tren de Aragua, but did not specify which one.
Both men are undocumented immigrants from Venezuela, and ICE has placed detainers on them with local authorities, as confirmed by ICE officials to Fox News.
Authorities have stated that the investigation is ongoing.
