A suspected Venezuelan gang member who was arrested and released after being found crouched in a New York City home loaded with drugs and firearms admitted to serving time in his home country when he was remanded in custody this week. This was announced by immigration authorities.
Yarvin Benjamin Lozada Muñoz was arrested Friday during a traffic stop in Nassau County pursuant to a request for immigration detention by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE).
Because Nassau County is not a protected area, local law enforcement is not prohibited from cooperating. immigration Unlike New York City, authorities.
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Yarvin Benjamin Lozada Muñoz, one of eight suspected illegal immigrants who occupied a home in the Bronx, New York, was arrested Friday after being released from custody on Long Island, immigration authorities said. . (WNYW;ICE)
Muñoz allegedly admitted to being a member of the notorious gang Torren de Aragua, whose members have come to the United States and are involved in numerous crimes.
He told ICE officials that he was convicted of robbery and resisting arrest in Venezuela and sentenced to 14 months in prison.
The first arrest was made on March 27th.
Muñoz was initially arrested on March 27 along with several other Venezuelans squatting in a Bronx home where authorities found drugs and guns. He faces multiple charges including possession of weapons, drugs and ammunition. He was released pending trial.
One of the other suspects arrested, Hector de Sousa Villalta, has also been charged with attempted murder in connection with a separate incident near Yonkers, New York.
According to authorities, Muñoz illegally entered the United States around October 3, 2022, and was arrested near Eagle Pass, Texas. He was released on parole because the ICE detention center in El Paso was overcrowded.
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A group of eight illegal immigrants were found squatting in a Bronx apartment and are facing firearms and other charges. All were previously captured at the southern border and released, authorities said. (WNYW)
According to ICE, he was told to report to the nearest ICE Enforced Release Operations field office within 60 days, but failed to do so, violating the terms of his parole.
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On April 1, Nassau County police arrested Munoz on suspicion of fourth-degree grand theft over $1,000. On the same day, ICE filed a detention request and he was arrested upon his release from Nassau County Jail.
Several other alleged squatters who occupied the New York City home, Villalta, Yoesi Pino Castillo, and Yojailo Armando Martinez, are in ICE custody pending deportation proceedings.
Four guns, magazines, ammunition and drugs found in a house believed to be illegally occupied by immigrants (New York City Police Department)
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Javier Jose Albornoz Marchan and Miguel Gregerio Barrio remain in custody in New York City.
Immigration officials have been detained in the case. Johan Jose Cárdenas Silva, who was in ICE custody, remains in Nassau County Jail and subject to detention.
The final suspect, Jefferson Orlando Abreu, remains at large.
