MIAMI – The FBI raided a frame store in Doral in the wake of the investigation into the attempted murder of Miami car designer Alex Vega.
On Friday morning, Chopper Four flew over the Doral Collision Center at 2101 NW 97th Ave. , where federal agents invaded the carpentry shop and several Doral Police cars were outside.
Rolando “Roly” Ramirez, owner of the Doral Collision Center, and two men are now charged in connection with the murder-for-hire plot.
Ramirez appeared in federal court Friday afternoon, where he learned he faces charges of solicitation to commit a crime of violence, criminal harassment, firing a firearm and obstruction of justice.
Ramírez remains in custody until Friday afternoon.
After the hearing, one of his attorneys, David Kubilun, told CBS News Miami, “I can tell you that my consumer is Roland ‘Roly’ Ramirez and he has known that for 2 years and he has cooperated one hundred percent and he proclaims his innocence and we will vigorously fight the charges against him and he will have his day in court. “
Family members say Vega and Ramirez were partners in Exclusive Motoring, right next to the Doral Collison Center, and Vega left to start his own business.
In a message to Vega’s family members, Hoss Hernandez said, “On behalf of Vega’s family members and this office, we are incredibly grateful to the FBI and the U. S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Florida for their determination and hard work. paintings in this area. “
Vega is also the founder of the AVORZA vodka logo and the brother of Miami police spokesman Mike Vega.
FBI agents also conducted two raids in Pinecrest and Aventura on Friday.
We saw FBI agents loading boxes onto a truck in front of a home in the 13,000 block of Southwest 63rd Avenue.
“There was a SWAT team and we heard the FBI come out with their hands up,” a neighbor said.
An asset search records that one of the three defendants named in the indictment, Rasheed Ali, lives there. Like Ramírez, he faces all seven charges, adding murder for hire.
The third user mentioned in the indictment is Tam Maso. He faces an obstruction of justice rate.
Police said Vega parked his 2019 Land Rover SUV in the garage of his Kendale Lakes home on the night of Aug. 27, 2019, where security video showed a masked guy approaching his car from the driver’s side and shooting him. on him several times before fleeing. Array CBS News Miami reported in the past.
Vega survived and spoke to CBS News Miami about the November 2019 attack.
“I didn’t expect something like this for myself,” he said. I have no enemies [and] I didn’t expect anything. “
Vega said he thought they could have been conceivable business rivals.
“I have a successful business,” he said. It may have been simply because of that: other people envy you or hate you. “
Still, Vega said that explanation for why is “never a good one. “
“I thank God for being here and we are grateful for God’s blessings,” he said.
Two men, the gunman and the fleeing driver, were found guilty of implementing the plot to kill Vega.