{"id":404840,"date":"2026-08-12T20:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T20:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/404840\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T20:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T20:40:19","slug":"chuco-tango-gang-member-arrested-after-allegedly-giving-false-name-to-el-paso-constable-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/404840\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuco Tango Gang member arrested after allegedly giving false name to El Paso Constable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A 34-year-old Horizon City man identified by authorities as a confirmed Chuco Tango gang member was arrested Tuesday evening after allegedly providing a false name to an El Paso County Precinct 6 constable while being detained in connection with a reported theft at the Cielo Vista Walmart.<\/p>\n<p>According to a news release from the El Paso County Constable\u2019s Office, Precinct 6, the incident occurred at approximately 5:35 p.m. at the Walmart located at 7101 Gateway West.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said an off-duty Precinct 6 constable working at the store was approached by Walmart Asset Protection associates regarding a suspected theft.<\/p>\n<p>The constable detained Terence Andrew Mendoza, 34, of Horizon City, after Mendoza allegedly attempted to leave the store with a speaker valued at approximately $300.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/el-paso-woman-charged-with-murder-in-socorro-mans-death-police-say?SRC=LINK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">El Paso woman accused of killing child\u2019s father in PetSmart lot shooting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Mendoza was detained, the constable asked him to identify himself. According to the release, Mendoza initially said he did not have identification and verbally provided a name to the constable.<\/p>\n<p>Following an investigation and identification and warrant checks, authorities said they determined Mendoza had allegedly provided a false last name while lawfully detained.<\/p>\n<p>The Precinct 6 constable subsequently presented a complaint affidavit to the Jail Magistrate\u2019s Office, which issued an arrest warrant charging Mendoza with **Failure to Identify \u2014 Giving False\/Fictitious Information**.<\/p>\n<p>Mendoza was arrested by Precinct 6 deputy constables and booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility. His bond was set at $3,000.<\/p>\n<p>Walmart declined to pursue charges related to the initial alleged theft, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities also identified Mendoza as a confirmed member of the Chuco Tango gang. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up t<\/a>o receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A 34-year-old Horizon City man identified by authorities as a confirmed Chuco Tango&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-404840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}