Overview
- Álvarez Torrealba, detained Monday in Houston in a joint FBI–Grecco operation, is held in U.S. custody as procedures begin.
- Police identify him as Jhonlervis Miguel Álvarez Torrealba, known as “Lentes,” accused in the February 13, 2023 killing of a trans sex worker in Carabayllo.
- Investigators say the victim, known as Rubí, was shot 31 times and that video of the attack links Álvarez by presence and voice.
- Agents report he carried a false ID under the name Jorgewill Mitchell Sánchez López and that he had a Texas federal warrant tied to illegal entry.
- Prosecutors in Carabayllo lead a qualified homicide case as authorities describe him as a high‑value member of the Los Gallegos faction of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang linked to extortion and contract killings across the region.