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A Venezuelan national sought after for the attempted femicide in a Russian roulette style attack was arrested in Texas, Texas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said on Monday.
Ice identified the suspect as being raul enrique pargas Rodriguez, 31, who was wanted on a Venezuelan mandate for having pretended to be tortured and tried to kill a woman in the deadly game.
“This dangerous criminal foreigner would have beaten, lowered and tortured a young woman in a twisted version of Russian roulette, then fled to the United States when his attempted murder was collapsed,” said Joshua Johnson, director of the Dallas field office, Dallas Dallas office, said Joshua Johnson. “Thanks to a council of the American border patrol, we were able to find it and take it safely in detention so that it could be repatriated to Venezuela to deal with justice for its alleged crimes.”
The mandate indicates that Pargas Rodriguez attracted the woman to his workshop on February 24, 2021, where he would have exploded in a violent tirade before insulting and attacking her.
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The ice agents arrest the Raul Enrique Venézuelan national pargas Rodriguez in Plano, Texas, August 14, 2024. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
At one point, Ice said, he pulled a pistol, pressed him on his head, removed the balls and then recharged. He pointed her pistol again before she managed to escape.
Ice said that Pargas Rodriguez had fled Venezuela after the attack and entered the United States illegally near Eagle Pass, Texas on August 10, 2022.
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The soldiers of the Texas National Guard are waiting near the boat ramp where the police enter the Rio Grande in Shelby Park on January 26, 2024 in Eagle Pass, Texas. (Michael Gonzalez / Getty Images)
Although it was apprehended, the American border patrol released Pargas Rodriguez on its own commitment the same day pending its immigration procedure, Ice noted.
Ice also met Pargas Rodriguez at Dallas County prison on November 28, 2023, after being arrested for assault. In the end, it was not placed in police custody due to the discretion of prosecution due to the priorities for applying immigration at the time, Ice said.
The man broke out of anti-government and anti-top documents after the Texas Ice Ambush telephone call, known as Federal
Ice agents apprehended a man in northern Texas on August 14, 2025, who was wanted in Venezuela for having allegedly tortured and tried to kill a woman. (John Moore / Getty Images)
Earlier this month, Ice received an investigation reference from Border Patrol who suggested that Pargas Rodriguez illegally lived in northern Texas and wanted Venezuela to attempt at aggravated femicide.
Ice, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the American marshals located Pargas Rodriguez in Plano, Texas, August 14, and placed it in police custody.
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He remains in police custody while waiting for the immigration procedure.
