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Two former soldiers turned mercenary arrested for ‘robbing and murdering a husband and wife during a gun sale,’ after a year on the run – Alex Zwiefelhofer and Craig Lang allegedly killed Serafin and Deana Lorenzo and planned to travel to Venezuela with loot, ‘to fight’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3d3232&semi;"><strong>Two former soldiers &&num;8216&semi;who robbed and murdered a husband and wife during a gun sale and planned to travel to Venezuela to fight&&num;8217&semi; are arrested after a year on the run<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3d3232&semi;"><strong><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">Alex Zwiefelhofer and Craig Lang accused of murdering Serafin and Deana Lorenzo<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3d3232&semi;"><strong><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">Serafin &&num;8220&semi;Danny&&num;8221&semi; Lorenzo Jr&period; and his wife Deana K&period; Lorenzo were found deceased in the parking lot of the Galleria in Estero&comma; Florida on April 10&comma; 2018<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3d3232&semi;"><strong><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">Danny&comma; 53&comma; had been shot seven times while Deana&comma; 51&comma; had eleven bullet wounds <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3d3232&semi;"><b>Zwiefelhofer&comma; 22&comma; and Lang&comma; 29&comma; have now been accused of robbing and murdering the couple in order to get money to travel to Venezuela<&sol;b><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3d3232&semi;"><b>Serafin and Deana had reportedly traveled to Florida to buy guns  &&num;8211&semi; <&sol;b><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3d3232&semi;"><b>Investigators said<&sol;b><strong> the pair of Zwiefelhofer and Lang lured them to the Galleria parking lot on the pretext of a gun sale<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3d3232&semi;"><b>Couple had withdrawn &dollar;3&comma;000 in cash for purchase which pair &&num;8216&semi;wanted to steal&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;b><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-331054" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;Craig-Lang-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Craig Lang 3" width&equals;"854" height&equals;"770" &sol;>Former US soldier turned mercenary Craig Lang &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; and Alex Zwiefelhofer have been accused of the murder of Serafin &&num;8216&semi;Danny&&num;8217&semi; Lorenzo and Deana Lorenzo in Flora in April last year<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Two former soldiers have been arrested for the double murder of a husband and wife who were killed and robbed in Florida during a gun sale&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Serafin &&num;8216&semi;Danny&&num;8217&semi; Lorenzo and Deana Kaye Lorenzo of Spring Hill&comma; Florida&period; were found dead in a parking lot near the Galleria plaza in Estero&comma; Florida on April 10&comma; 2018&comma; <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbc-2&period;com&sol;story&sol;37920190&sol;homicide-death-murder-investigation-estero" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer">NBC2 <&sol;a>reported&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Danny&comma; 53&comma; had been shot seven times and his wife Deana&comma; 51&comma; had eleven bullet wounds&comma; court documents revealed at the time&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Alex Zwiefelhofer&comma; 22&comma; and Craig Lang&comma; 29&comma; have now been accused of robbing and murdering the couple in order to get money to travel to Venezuela&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Danny and Deana had traveled to Lee County in order to buy guns from the soldiers after responding to an online advertisement from a man &&num;8216&semi;named Jeremy&&num;8217&semi;&comma; a federal indictment said&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3d3232&semi;"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-331055" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;Alex-Zwiefelhofer-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Alex Zwiefelhofer 3&period;JPG" width&equals;"712" height&equals;"687" &sol;>Second murder suspect<&sol;strong><&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3d3232&semi;"><strong> Alex Zwiefelhofer &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; and his co-accused<&sol;strong> <strong>Craig Lang<&sol;strong><&sol;span><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;3d3232&semi;">&comma; who had both been discharged from the military&comma;and fought as mercenaries abroad<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The two former US Army Soldiers who fought as mercenaries overseas have been indicted by a grand jury in connection to the double homicide&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Craig Lang and Alex Zweifelhofer&comma; who left the military on their own terms through being discharged or going AWOL&comma; served together in the Azov Battalion&comma; a far-right volunteer unit that accepted foreign fighters in their conflict against Russian supported insurrection in the eastern part of the Ukraine&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;placement &equals; "adunit0"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;search&lowbar;bar &equals; "true"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;tracking&lowbar;id &equals; "konniemomen09-20"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;search&lowbar;bar&lowbar;position &equals; "bottom"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;mode &equals; "search"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;type &equals; "smart"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;marketplace &equals; "amazon"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;region &equals; "US"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;title &equals; "Shop Related Products"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;default&lowbar;search&lowbar;phrase &equals; "Adidas ladies Shoes"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;default&lowbar;category &equals; "SportingGoods"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;linkid &equals; "bd9ac6508102a1f92c451c4deb211029"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;default&lowbar;browse&lowbar;node &equals; "3375251"&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;<script src&equals;"&sol;&sol;z-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;onejs&quest;MarketPlace&equals;US"><&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;In 2017&comma; the duo tried to enter south Sudan to fight with the Kenyan military&comma; but were swept up by US officials and sent repatriated to the U&period;S&period; <span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">When interviewed by a Customs and Border Protection officer&comma; Lang said he the pair fought with the &&num;8216&semi;Right Sector&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8211&semi; a Ukrainian nationalist paramilitary movement&period;<&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;winknews&period;com&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;25&sol;two-former-army-soldiers-charged-with-double-murder-in-fort-myers&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">WINK<&sol;a>&comma; the two mercenaries have been charged with the murders of Serafin &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Danny” Lorenzo&comma; Jr&period;&comma; and Deana K&period; Lorenzo&comma; who were murdered in Lee County&comma; Florida on April 10&comma; 2018&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-331048" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;Serafin-Danny-Lorenzo-Jr&period;-and-Deana-Kaye-Lorenzo-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Serafin 'Danny' Lorenzo Jr&period; and Deana Kaye Lorenzo 1&period;JPG" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"512" &sol;>Serafin &&num;8220&semi;Danny&&num;8221&semi; Lorenzo Jr&period; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; and his wife Deana Kaye Lorenzo &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; were found dead after the pair of Zwiefelhofer and Lang lured them to the Galleria parking lot in Estero on April 10&comma; 2018&comma; on the pretext of a gun sale<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The Lorenzos had withdrawn &dollar;3&comma;000 in cash for the purchase of four Glocks&comma; two 9mm pistols and nine high-powered rifles&comma; the <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;washingtonpost&period;com&sol;nation&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;27&sol;awol-soldiers-ukraine-kill-florida-couple&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer">Washington Post<&sol;a> reported&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">It is believed the soldiers then lured Danny and Deana to the parking lot of the Galleria in Estero on April 10&comma; 2018&comma; where they were robbed and killed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Both victims were shot several times&period; Serafin was shot seven times&period; Deana was shot 11 times&comma; which was ruled the cause of death for both victims by medical examination&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span>The killer pair&comma; who had both been discharged from the military&comma; hoped to &&num;8216&semi;participate in an armed conflict against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela&&num;8217&semi;&comma; a federal criminal complaint revealed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-331040" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;Serafin-Danny-Lorenzo-Jr&period;-and-Deana-K&period;-Lorenzo-were-found-deceased-on-Corkscrew-Road-Fort-Myers-Florida&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Serafin 'Danny' Lorenzo Jr&period; and Deana K&period; Lorenzo were found deceased on Corkscrew Road&comma; Fort Myers&comma; Florida" width&equals;"791" height&equals;"447" &sol;><strong>Serafin &&num;8216&semi;Danny&&num;8217&semi; Lorenzo Jr&period; and Deana K&period; Lorenzo were found both killed at 9351 Corkscrew Road in Fort Myers&comma; Florida on April 10&comma; 2018&period; <span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Danny&comma; had been shot seven times a<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">nd his wife Deana&comma; had eleven bullet wounds <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">They allegedly wanted the &dollar;3&comma;000 in order to fund their journey&comma; and had every intention of taking the guns with them&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;placement &equals; "adunit0"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;search&lowbar;bar &equals; "true"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;tracking&lowbar;id &equals; "konniemomen09-20"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;search&lowbar;bar&lowbar;position &equals; "bottom"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;mode &equals; "search"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;type &equals; "smart"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;marketplace &equals; "amazon"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;region &equals; "US"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;title &equals; "Shop Related Products"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;default&lowbar;search&lowbar;phrase &equals; "Apple Watches"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;default&lowbar;category &equals; "All"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;linkid &equals; "bd9ac6508102a1f92c451c4deb211029"&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;<script src&equals;"&sol;&sol;z-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;onejs&quest;MarketPlace&equals;US"><&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><&sol;span>Investigators combing through Zweiferlhofer’s internet search history revealed that he had researched ways to smuggle himself into South America&comma; as well as reportedly looking up a movie scene &lpar;concerning ambushing a van&rpar; that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;was consistent with the tactical approach of the shooters and the trajectory of the gunshot defects depicted in the movie&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-0433111284072910" data-ad-slot&equals;"5653610186" data-adsbygoogle-status&equals;"done" data-overlap-observer-io&equals;"false"><ins id&equals;"aswift&lowbar;1&lowbar;expand"><ins id&equals;"aswift&lowbar;1&lowbar;anchor"><&sol;ins><&sol;ins><&sol;ins>Craig Lang allegedly&comma; later told an associate that he had participated in &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;gunning down some people&comma;” and even showed him the news story from his phone&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Zwiefelhofer and Lang had reportedly been previously detained by Kenyan authorities after they tried to enter South Sudan in 2017&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">The FBI is now working to to extradite both men back to Florida&period;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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