{"id":304575,"date":"2026-06-12T00:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/304575\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T00:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:24:14","slug":"six-florida-men-arrested-in-connection-to-margaritaville-kidnapping-and-torture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/304575\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Florida Men Arrested in Connection to Margaritaville Kidnapping and Torture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six men are facing kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping<\/a> charges after allegedly abducting a man from a Florida Margaritaville in May.<\/p>\n

Saul Fajardo<\/a>, 19, Justin Phihoang Le<\/a>, 20, Amari Hill<\/a>, 21, Anthony Hernandez<\/a>, 18, Marikevies McNichols<\/a>, 19, and Weilen Hernandez<\/a>, 20, are accused of threatening to kill a man and his family after luring him and another man to a parked car at the Hollywood, Florida, resort, with the promise of smoking marijuana<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The unnamed man knew at least some of the suspects, Local 10<\/a> reported on Wednesday, June 10.<\/p>\n

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Once inside the vehicle, another car approached with four armed men in masks emerging, the man claimed. He recalled being slammed<\/a> into the hood of the car, pistol-whipped and forced back into the vehicle. The second man was forced into a separate vehicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you try to get out, I\u2019m going to end your life,\u201d Le allegedly told the first man, adding, \u201cI am going to kill you and your family,\u201d according to a complaint viewed by Law & Crime<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The man was also allegedly ordered to call friends asking for money.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I don\u2019t get my money, every ten minutes I\u2019m going to take one of your fingernails,\u201d Le told the victim, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

After arriving at a location called \u201cThe Spot,\u201d both men were forced to the knees at gunpoint. The complaint claims that one of the men, with a racing flag tattoo, was tortured with a blowtorch as Le allegedly said, \u201cI\u2019m gonna burn the tattoo off of you, you don\u2019t deserve to have it. I\u2019m going to torture you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Instagram\/Margaritaville Hollywood Beach<\/p>\n

The men claimed they were stripped of their clothing and belongings, with one being ordered to send $400 via Zelle.<\/p>\n

They were separated once again after the suspects noticed an ankle monitor and became concerned that the GPS device would give away their location, and decided to drive him home.<\/p>\n

The alleged burn victim, fearing for his life, began faking seizures, which caused concern among the suspects. They ultimately threw him out of the vehicle, and he was able to find passersby who called the police.<\/p>\n

Per the South Florida Sun Sentinel<\/a>, all of the suspects have been arrested and are in jail awaiting their next hearings. They have not yet entered pleas.<\/p>\n

This story Six Florida Men Arrested in Connection to Margaritaville Kidnapping and Torture<\/a> first appeared on National Enquirer<\/a>. Follow National Enquirer on Yahoo<\/a> so you don\u2019t miss what\u2019s coming next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six men are facing kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping charges after allegedly abducting a man from a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[127627,28,30,29,12753,127626,127628],"class_list":["post-304575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-anthony-hernandez","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-hollywood-beach","tag-justin-phihoang-le","tag-weilen-hernandez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}