Two members of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua who pleaded guilty to robbing a Denver jewelry store at gunpoint were sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado said.
Jean Torres-Ramon, 22, and Newman Castillo Delgado, 23, pleaded guilty to robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, federal officials said Thursday.
Torres-Ramon and Delgado are two of at least seven suspects facing charges in the June 2024 robbery of Joyeria El Ruby jewelry store at 5108 W. 38th Ave. in Denver’s West Highland neighborhood.
The group is accused of entering the store, aiming guns at employees, beating employees with weapons and stealing nearly $4 million in gold and jewelry, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
An indictment in a different federal case alleges the robbery was approved by Tren de Aragua leaders to enrich the gang.
Torres-Ramon was sentenced to 235 months, or nearly 20 years in prison, and Castillo Delgado was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Both men must pay $3.9 million in court-ordered restitution.
Attorneys for the men could not immediately be reached for comment.
Five other suspects in the robbery, Oswaldo Lozada-Solis, Jesus Daniel Lara Del Toro, Derek Alexander Dun-Vargas, Briley Ballera-Farias and Edwuimar Nazareth Colina-Romero, still have open federal cases, according to court records.
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