Two suspected members of the violent Tren de Aragua (TDA) gang who live in a New York City immigration shelter were arrested earlier this month in a gun and drug attack. Police and court documents, etc. New York Post.
Police told Fox News Digital that 27-year-old Jose Tamaronis Caldera and 33-year-old Richard Garcia were at a Big Apple auto repair shop on February 5th that featured a Glock handgun, two copycat pistols and a massive amount of drugs. He said he was arrested in the attack. Found.
Both are members of the reputation of Venezuelan immigrant TDA gangs that are terrorizing cities across the country, the New York Post reports. The NYPD was unable to confirm gang membership with Fox News Digital.
Jose Tamaronis Caldera, 27, left, Richard Garcia, 33, right. (Provided by the New York Post)
Tren de Aragua gang member has been arrested in a New York apartment next to a daycare facility
Rafael Nieves, 54, also arrested, who prosecutors said he owns the car store. Police said the attack took place in a collision with V&R Auto on Woodside, Queens.
All three were hit with felony drug and gun charges, but documents reveal that Tamaronis Caldera and Garcia faced fewer charges when the lawsuit went to court.
Tamaronis-Caldera and Garcia are currently being charged with two misdemeanors each. Prosecutors said possession of an air pistol or air rifle and possession of a copycat firearm.
Additionally, the charges against Tamaronis Caldera and Garcia will be dismissed after August 5th if they do not commit further crimes as part of compliance (ACD) assumptions issued by the judge, prosecutors said.
Faced with the most serious charges, Niebbs defeated his charges of drug and gun possession, and the new count was not eligible for bail. His new charges included criminal possession of a firearm and criminal possession of a copycat handgun, and criminal possession of a seventh degree controlled substance.
Queens DA's office said the fees were not eligible for bail as the guns were dropped and there was no ammunition nearby. The DA's office added that the drugs found on the premises are located in the office area and consist of cocaine and oxycodone pills.
The raid took place in a collision with V&R Auto on Woodside, Queens. (Google Maps)
Tren de Aragua gang members who were arrested in New York “were about to buy some hand-held bullets,” says Noem.
“The DA's office will review all evidence and allegations as guaranteed,” the Queens DA's office said in a statement. “In this case, the defendant's weapons charge against Nieves was due to an unloaded firearm and is not eligible for bail. Our office sought supervised release and the judge granted supervised release. ”
“The charges against the other two defendants, Garcia and Tamaronis Caldera, are due to possession of an air pistol and are not eligible for bail.”
Police said Tamaronis Caldera and Nieves live in a hotel-turned-mortar shelter at Crowne Plaza JFK airport, but Garcia's address was also given as the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan.
Tamaronis Caldera and Garcia illegally crossed the US border in 2023 but were later released, federal immigration sources told the Post. Fox News contacts Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for more information.
Richard Garcia's speech was given as the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan. It also operates as an immigration shelter. (via Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
Law enforcement officials were caught up in the trio facing less accusations.
“These are not misguided individuals,” the official told the Post. “They are members of known violent criminal businesses, gangs who have been dressed in drugs, guns and human trafficking, planted flags here.
“If you work with criminals, you're not washing the streets for detainees.”
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Immigration-related crimes have skyrocketed under the Biden administration amid unprecedented levels of border flowing through the country, primarily through Mexico.
Homeland Security Secretary Christie Noem told Fox News later last month that the TDA mastermind was arrested in an immigrant attack in the Bronx and was trying to buy a hand-held bullet.
“He was part of a gun weapon exchange and was trying to buy some hand-rena bullets,” Noem said. “Why should someone in this country buy some hand-drawn bullets and go out and perpetuate the violence?”
