Who is alias ‘Satan’?
His name is José Manuel Vera, he is the leader of the gang ‘Los Satan’, a hitman arm of the Tren de Aragua that manages the micro-trafficking business and extorts in several locations in the city. Vera was arrested in Ecuador in November 2023.
After this capture, he was extradited to Colombia, where the National Police already had him in their sights due to his criminal history, as he was known in the criminal world for his cruel ways of intimidating merchants and people.
It is important to note that José Manuel Vera was imprisoned in Venezuela, but managed to escape, there is even talk that he was the right hand of Niño Guerrero, top boss of the Aragua Train. Since his escape he settled in Colombia where he joined the gang ‘Los Costeños’, another criminal gang dedicated to micro-trafficking, where he quickly became the leader after he murdered his own bosses. After this episode, he changed the name of the band to ‘Los Satan’.