Salida Police Hunt Suspects Tied to Violent Home Invasion and Venezuelan Gang Activity

By: Jeff Anastasio | Denver7

SALIDA, Colo. – Police in Salida investigating a home invasion in which the victims were held at gunpoint against their will by suspects with alleged ties to a Venezuelan gang have connected the incident to an earlier assault in Buena Vista.

According to the Salida Police Department, in the early morning hours of November 2, “multiple armed individuals” assaulted the two victims for around 20 minutes after forcing their way into the house before fleeing to the Denver Metro area.

During the initial investigation, Salida police connected the home invasion suspects to another assault hours earlier at a house party in Buena Vista.

According to both Salida and Buena Vista police, the assault victim in Buena Vista fled to Salida and was pursued by the suspects, who then found that victim’s vehicle near the home of the second crime scene. That’s when the suspects forced their way into the Salida residence trying to find the first victim, said investigators.

“The victim was not in the residence nor did the victim have ties to this residence,” said Salida police in a news release, who added they “had no knowledge or relation to the initial victim from Buena Vista.”

Buena Vista police issued an arrest warrant for at-large suspect 41-year-old Miguel Polo for solicitation to commit murder.

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