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One of many Venezuelan migrants accused of raping and killing a 12-year-old woman is the son of an ex-government official within the socialist nation, DailyMail.com has discovered.
Johan Jose Martinez Rangel, 22, is one among two males who might face the dying penalty for the capital homicide of Jocelyn Nungaray, who was discovered strangled in a creek earlier this month in Houston, Texas.
Following Martinez Rangel’s arrest, Venezuelans from his dwelling state of Guarico started flagging on social media that his mom Nazareth Rangel Palacios is a staunch supporter of Nicolas Maduro and served as a councilwoman for his celebration.
Venezuela’s electoral registry exhibits Martinez Rangel and Rangel Palacios share the identical handle in San Juan de Los Morros.
Rangel Palacios was a vocal militant for the ruling celebration, the United Socialist Celebration of Venezuela, and was photographed together with her son in pro-government occasions till he left the nation in about 2018.
Johan Jose Martinez Rangel, 22, is one among two males who might face the dying penalty for the capital homicide of Jocelyn Nungaray earlier this month in Houston, Texas. His mom is a former councilmember for the ruling United Socialist Celebration of Venezuela. Seen right here in 2017
Venezuelans from his dwelling state of Guarico flagged that his mom Nazareth Rangel Palacios is a staunch supporter of Nicolas Maduro and served as a councilwoman for his celebration
Rangel is believed to have entered Colombia earlier than crossing into the U.S. through Mexico illegally in March.
DailyMail.com additionally confirmed his id by chatting with one among his childhood mates, who mentioned he didn’t wish to talk about Martinez Rangel’s alleged crimes.
‘He was my good friend after we have been youngsters and it’s totally unhappy that he did what he did,’ Lias Brandont instructed DailyMail.com.
Martinez Rangel’s household connections have emerged as Univision aired a video they mentioned exhibits the homicide suspect snorting a substance that seems to be cocaine the day of Nungaray’s killing.
The footage seems to indicate the suspect sporting the identical hat and equipment he had on when he was pictured subsequent to Nungaray earlier than her homicide.
A supply shared a voice observe with Univision that Martinez Rangel allegedly despatched to them, bragging about being very intoxicated.
Rangel Martinez and Franklin Pena, 26, are accused of luring Nungaray beneath a bridge earlier than sexually assaulting and killing her.
Former PSUV councilwoman Nazareth Rangel is seen together with her son Johan. She is sporting a shirt exhibiting the eyes of late Venezuelan socialist chief Hugo Chavez
Rangel Martinez and Franklin Pena, 26, are accused of luring Nungaray beneath a bridge earlier than sexually assaulting and killing her
Her physique was discovered the following morning after she had been strangled, certain and thrown in a bayou. She was bare from the waist down.
The lads allegedly met Nungaray, who had snuck out of her home, as she was strolling to a 7-11 round 10om on June 16.
The lads walked to the shop together with her and later below the bridge. Investigators have but to say which of the lads they imagine raped Nungaray earlier than her dying.
Each males are at the moment being held in jail with $10 million bonds every.
A 3rd man who briefly lived with the 2 suspects was the one who ratted them out to the cops.
Martinez Rangel’s household connections have emerged as Univision aired a video they mentioned exhibits the suspect snorting a substance that seems to be cocaine the day of Nungaray’s killing
The footage seems to indicate the suspect sporting the identical hat and equipment he had on when he was pictured subsequent to Nungaray earlier than her homicide (above)
The suspects are seen in surveillance video the evening of Nungaray’s homicide
The unnamed roommate claims he had solely lived with the 2 males for a matter of days when he ate dinner with the accused killers on June 16 at a restaurant known as ‘Ojos Locos’ — or ‘loopy eyes’ in Spanish, in accordance with Fox 26.
Two days after the homicide, as Houston police led a full-fledged manhunt for Nungaray’s killers, the tipster was watching TV with Martinez and Peña when their pictures flashed on the display.
The roommate ‘tried to not react’, as he wasn’t even positive it was them.
By a member of the family, the roommate contacted investigators who have been capable of arrest them.
State District Choose Josh Hill set the bond throughout a courtroom listening to wherein prosecutors mentioned authorities discovered proof on Martinez-Rangel’s cellphone that they allege confirmed he was attempting to go away the nation after police have been in search of him following Jocelyn’s dying.
