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CASE 145  |  Unidentified man  |  December 22, 2022  |  USA
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DATABASE RECORD
  id                  145
  date                December 22, 2022
  original_date       December 22, 2022
  year                2022
  month               12
  quarter             2022-Q4
  victim              Unidentified man
  location            Little Elm, Texas
  country             USA
  scenario            Home Invasion
  description         Armed gang invades home, torture victims for 3 hours, take jewelry, fail to find hardware wallet with $1.4m.
  kidnappings         1
  violence_torture    1
  drugs_alcohol       0
  weapons             1
  theft               1
  life_taken          0
  money_wanted        $150,000
  coin_type           $150,000 in cash, two Rolex watches, and a valuable necklace and pendant.
  reports             Justice.gov, CJnotebook
  notes               Group linked to 9 kidnappings in three states
  has_processed_date  1
  created_at          2025-11-13 05:44:45

AI SUMMARY  [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
  **Victim:** Unidentified man
  
  **Attackers:** Gang/organized group
  
  **Attack Method:** Home Invasion - victim kidnapped
  
  **Violence Used:** Torture
  
  **Crypto Stolen:** $150,000 in $150,000 in cash, two Rolex watches, and a valuable necklace and pendant.
  
  **Status:** Investigation ongoing

LINKED SOURCES
  [url]  https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/twelve-defendants-sentenced-violent-home-invasion-robberies-steal-cryptocurrency

NOTES ON THIS FILE
  * matched to sheet row 146: exact date + country, unique candidate

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ARTICLE 1
  Source   Justice.gov, CJnotebook
  URL      https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/twelve-defendants-sentenced-violent-home-invasion-robberies-steal-cryptocurrency
  Origin   reported_K&R sheet, row 146, column "Articles"
  Length   2,001 chars
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Three suspects arrested in Texas make initial appearance in Houston federal courtroom
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A federal grand jury has charged 11 individuals with ties to Texas in connection with a string of kidnappings and robberies in three states.
The group has been linked to nine abductions at gunpoint between August 2022 and July 2023 in homes in Delray Beach and Homestead, Florida, Durham, North Carolina, and Little Elm, Texas, court records show.
A federal grand jury in Durham on Jan. 16 issued a sealed indictment against Jose Avila, Haisel Daily, Ruben Nicolopulus Silva, Nathan Quintana, Jesus Santiago, Deangelo Contreras, Tristian Gamez, Victor Gonzalez, Jesus Salazar, Christian Valdez and Jesus Valdez Jr.
The two-count indictment unsealed on Jan. 25 charges them with unlawful abduction for ransom or reward, and conspiracy to obstruct commerce by robbery. Several of them traveled to Texas after the event and three have been arrested. Records show that three were scheduled to make initial appearances in a Houston courtroom before U.S. Magistrate Judge Yvonne Y. Ho of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Records show the first kidnapping took place Sept. 12, 2022, in Delray Beach. That’s when Avila, Quintana and a man not accused in the indictment allegedly detained two victims at their home at gunpoint. The second violent abduction took place three days later and involved a victim taken from a Homestead home and driven against his will to Stuart, Florida.
The suspects allegedly traveled to Little Elm, where four individuals were detained at gunpoint inside their home on Dec. 22, 2022. The indictment alleges Contreras, Salazar, Gonzalez, Chrisian Valdez and Jesus Valdez were responsible for that abduction.
Another violent abduction involving two people at a home in Durham reported on April 2023 is linked to individuals named in the indictment. Records show Gamez, Salazar and Jesus Valdez were arrested in the Houston area last week.


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ARTICLE 2
  Source   Justice.gov, CJnotebook
  URL      (no URL recorded for this column)
  Origin   reported_K&R sheet, row 146, column "Article 2"
  Length   689 chars
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Later in 2022, St Felix and his crew targeted a Little Elm, Texas, man and made several trips to attempt the robbery. In December 2022, Seemungal and a Houston-based crew comprised of Deangelo Lee Contreras, 21, Tristian Rene Gamez, 21, Victor Gonzalez, 27, Jesus Salazar, 24, Cristian Valdez, 21, and Jesus Gerardo Valdez, Jr., 27, all of Houston, Texas, committed the home invasion. The Little Elm man and members of his family were held at gunpoint and restrained in their home for over three hours, during which time members of the crew tortured the man and his mother. The perpetrators stole approximately $150,000.00 in cash, two Rolex watches, and a valuable necklace and pendant.



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ARTICLE 3
  Source   Justice.gov, CJnotebook
  URL      (no URL recorded for this column)
  Origin   reported_K&R sheet, row 146, column "Article 3"
  Length   491 chars
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In December 2022, Seemungal and a Houston-based crew, including Deangelo Lee Contreras, Tristian Rene Gamez, Victor Gonzalez, Jesus Salazar, Cristian Valdez, and Jesus Gerardo Valdez, Jr., all carried out the home invasion.

The Little Elm man and his family were held at gunpoint and restrained in their home for over three hours. During that time, the crew tortured the man and his mother.

They stole approximately $150,000 in cash, two Rolex watches, and a valuable necklace and pendant.

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