For Some Reason, The FBI Arrested A Bunch Of Men In NC For Local Crimes

If a bunch of men are involved in a string of local holdups at convenience stores, why would the FBI be involved? At most it would involve the NC State Police, right?

FBI uses social media, security cams to arrest men in Apex, Cary and Durham burglaries

FBI agents used social media accounts and surveillance video to arrest several men following a string of convenience store burglaries in Apex, Cary and Durham.

Three of the burglaries occurred Jan. 23 at the following locations:

• Family Fare, 3705 N. Duke St., Durham
• Family Fare, 1815 Hillandale Road, Durham
• Circle K, 705 E. Williams St., Apex

Subsequent burglaries occurred Jan. 30 at the Han-Dee Hugo at 2703 N.C. Highway 55 in Cary and Feb. 1 at La Costena Market at 106 S. Guthrie Ave. in Durham.

According to a criminal complaint, on Jan. 23 around 5:15 a.m., three men entered the Family Fare on N. Duke Street. Surveillance video showed one man, later identified as Jose Bonilla, 20, of Durham, pointing a gun at the store clerk while a second man, identified as Angel Portillo-Romero, was seen stealing cash from the register.

A third suspect identified as Jose Cartagena-Juarez, was shown walking our of the store with cases of beer. The three men took approximately $320 from the register, cigarettes and other items, the complaint states. They were seen getting inside a Honda Accord getaway car with a fourth suspect identified as Michael Velasquez.

They also arrested a fourth man, Kevin Lara-Hernandez. So, why would the FBI be involved in the arrest these upstanding citizens? They were just holdups and stuff, right? No federal laws were broken as far as the story goes. Were they just using social media?

Detectives also identified Juarez connecting photos posted to an Instagram account with a WRAL News story from 2016. Juarez was found to be affiliated with the “Sur-13” gang, the complaint says.

The men are all in custody and facing federal charges.

Federal charges for what? WRAL doesn’t say. Sur-13 is also know as the Surenos, a hardcore gang that pays tribute to the Mexican Mafia. Why was Juarez allowed to remain in the U.S. after his first arrest in 2016? Are the rest members of Surenos? Are they illegally present in the US, hence why the FBI is involved? Gang members would be ineligible for asylum.

And why did WRAL, a local Raleigh news organization which covers the affected towns not bother to say why the FBI was involved?

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