Man charged with murder, racketeering, and drug trafficking in New Mexico

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State or federal prosecutors have filed charges alleging murder, racketeering, and drug trafficking against Carrascal Campo in New Mexico.

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ICE's Homeland Security Investigations arrested Yorvis Michel Carrascal Campo, a Venezuelan national and alleged member of Tren de Aragua, in Colorado Springs on Jan. 8, 2026. He is charged in a Department of Justice indictment with murder, racketeering, and drug trafficking related to an alleged June 16, 2024 kidnapping, torture, strangulation and concealment of a victim’s body in New Mexico. DHS statements in the release note that Carrascal Campo crossed the southern border in October 2023, was released into the U.S. on Dec. 18, 2023, and received a final order of removal on June 11, 2024.
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Reporting that relies on the underlying federal indictment in the District of New Mexico indicates that Yorvis Michel Carrascal Campo is charged with conspiracy to conduct racketeering activity, murder in aid of racketeering, and drug trafficking conspiracy, all within the District of New Mexico. An ABC affiliate’s detailed summary of the indictment explicitly lists those three categories of charges for Carrascal Campo and several co‑defendants. The Department of Homeland Security and multiple Colorado news outlets covering his January 2026 arrest likewise describe him as wanted on racketeering- and murder-related federal charges arising from that New Mexico case, with drug‑trafficking conduct included in the alleged scheme.

The verdict is True because court‑document–based reporting shows that Carrascal Campo has been federally indicted in New Mexico on charges that encompass murder in aid of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, and drug trafficking conspiracy, matching the substance of the statement.

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  1. Update · Jan 14, 2026, 02:45 AMTrue
    Reporting that relies on the underlying federal indictment in the District of New Mexico indicates that Yorvis Michel Carrascal Campo is charged with conspiracy to conduct racketeering activity, murder in aid of racketeering, and drug trafficking conspiracy, all within the District of New Mexico. An ABC affiliate’s detailed summary of the indictment explicitly lists those three categories of charges for Carrascal Campo and several co‑defendants. The Department of Homeland Security and multiple Colorado news outlets covering his January 2026 arrest likewise describe him as wanted on racketeering- and murder-related federal charges arising from that New Mexico case, with drug‑trafficking conduct included in the alleged scheme. The verdict is True because court‑document–based reporting shows that Carrascal Campo has been federally indicted in New Mexico on charges that encompass murder in aid of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, and drug trafficking conspiracy, matching the substance of the statement.
  2. Original article · Jan 13, 2026

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