At least two of the eight illegal aliens accused of attacking a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer last month are members of a violent Venezuelan street gang known as Torren de Aragua, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. This was announced by an ICE official. Seven of the illegal aliens are currently incarcerated at Rikers Island Jail.
On January 27, surveillance footage and police footage showed a group of undocumented Venezuelans assaulting two NYPD officers outside a taxpayer-funded immigrant shelter in midtown Manhattan. It was captured on body camera footage.
Eight illegal immigrants have since been charged with the attack. On Friday, seven of the illegal immigrants were arrested. sent to prison at Rikers Island in New York after pleading not guilty. Only one illegal immigrant involved in the attack has yet to be charged.
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The five illegal aliens indicted on Friday are:
- Yeoman Rebellon, 24, was released on $100,000 cash bail or $250,000 bond.
- Yohenri Brito, 24, was released on $15,000 cash or $50,000 bond.
- Kelvin Servita Arrocha, 19, was released on bail on $15,000 cash.
- Wilson Juarez, 21, was released on bail at $1 cash.
- Darwin Gomez Izquiel, 19, was released on $50,000 cash bail.
Meanwhile, 21-year-old Ulises Bohorquez and 18-year-old Jarwin Madris have already In session Attack on Rikers Island. Mr. Bojorquez is being held on $100,000 cash bail, while Mr. Madris has been ordered held without bail.
João Boada, 22, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, was charged and released without bail, but has not yet been charged.
Many of the illegal aliens accused in the attacks have been arrested, thanks to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D), who has ties to billionaire George Soros, who has so far not requested bail for most people. Brito and Madris are the only two who remain in prison; the other two have been released.
A so-called “sanctuary church” in Brooklyn tried to help Brito’s release this week by posting a pre-set $15,000 cash bail, but on Friday it was ordered to withhold the bail. Ta.
According to ICE officials, who spoke to washington timesSteven Dinan, Juarez and Arocha are all members of Venezuela’s Torren de Aragua, who crossed the southern border at some point in recent years.
ICE agents took the two into custody, noting that Arocha was wanted by the agency, but Juarez had already been ordered deported by a federal immigration judge a year earlier; It wasn’t done.
Juarez will likely be released from Rikers Island on a low bail of just $1, but ICE officials say he will likely be remanded in custody if released. Juarez’s bail is significantly lower than the other suspects because he is charged with a single charge of tampering with evidence, not assault.
The involvement of gang members in this attack is due to the country’s porous southern border, which makes it difficult for hundreds, even thousands, of Torren de Aragua members to move into American society and set up shop. The incident comes amid growing concern from federal authorities that he may be allowing this.
In New York City, federal authorities are concerned that Torren de Aragua may form an alliance with MS-13, a Salvadoran gang with many members in the city and across Long Island.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Please email jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
