Andrés Escobar López, director of the Special Investigation Unit of the Fiscalía, said on 2026-09-01 that the murder of Kevin Santiago Ángel was likely motivated by his social projects with young people in Kennedy aimed at preventing crime and reducing drug trafficking, which allegedly harmed the Tren de Aragua's illicit interests. ^[1] The Colombian Attorney General's Office (Fiscalía General de la Nación) arrested eight alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang on 2026-09-01 for their alleged involvement in the murder of Kevin Santiago Ángel, a teacher and community leader from Bogotá's Kennedy locality. ^[2] Kevin Santiago Ángel, a teacher in the Kennedy locality of Bogota, was killed on May 20 or 21 after being lured to a location where he was attacked. ^[3] Authorities identified one detainee, known as alias 'Osmer', as one of the gang's leaders who allegedly directed extortion and homicides in Bogotá. ^[4] Kevin Santiago Ángel, a 31-year-old teacher and community leader, was murdered between 20 and 21 May in southwest Bogotá, and his body was found inside a suitcase in May. ^[5] Osmer is identified as one of the leaders of the criminal group and an articulator of extortion and other criminal conducts in the southwest of Bogota. ^[6] The eight suspects, including a leader known as Osmer, were apprehended in Bogota and Pamplona, with one notified in a prison in La Dorada, Caldas. ^[7]