Known Trinitarios gang member captured In Maine

Yonaidry Lascano Rosario (Police mugshot)

BETHEL, Maine - A Trinitario's gang member wanted on two counts of Assault to Murder and other crimes of violence has been arrested in Bethel.

Yonaidry Lascano Rosario, 24, a known member of the Trinitarios Gang, was also wanted on several assaults and carrying a firearm without license.

All warrants were issued out of the State of Massachusetts. Lawmen closed in on Rosario when U.S
Marshals and the Maine Violent Offender Task Force received a collateral lead from marshals in Massachusetts in Apri.

Following the tip, Maine investigators conducted surveillance, interviews, and developed leads which finally resulted in a credible location for Rosario.

On Thursday night, federal task force members surrounded a residence in Bethel ordered Rosario to surrender. Rosario was identified and apprehended without incident. As a result of the arrest, a search warrant was also executed, resulting in firearm(s) and a quantity of drugs being seized by Investigators.

Rosario was charged as a Fugitive from Justice, pending his extradition back to Massachusetts.

It is alleged that "Trinitarios" undertake efforts to dominate communities by intimidating rival gangs while trying to establish control over certain neighborhoods, according to a release from the marshal's service..As seen in previous charging documents throughout the country, "Trinitarios" tend to utilize violence, including murder, in furtherance of the organization's goals and purposes. The U.S. Marshal's received significant assistance from the FBI Maine Safe Streets Task Force, Oxford County Sheriff's Office, Rumford Police Department, Norway Police Department, and the Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section.