Tren de Aragua gang members allegedly committing armed robberies in NYC

[Lauren Taylor]

YOUNG TREN DE ARAGUA GANG MEMBERS STAYING AT A NEW YORK CITY-FUNDED MIGRANT SHELTER ARE ALLEGEDLY PULLING OFF ARMED ROBBERIES IN TIMES SQUARE AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT, THE NEW YORK POST REPORTS.

WE’VE TOLD YOU ABOUT TREN DE ARAGUA ONE OF VENEZUELA ‘S MOST NOTORIOUS GANGS KNOWN FOR EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES LIKE HUMAN SMUGGLING, DRUG AND SEX TRAFFICKING, ARMED ROBBERY, EXTORTION, AMONG OTHERS.

TOP POLICE OFFICIALS TELLING THE PUBLICATION NEARLY TWO DOZEN ASYLUM-SEEKING MIGRANTS SOME OF YOUNG AS 11 YEARS OLD HAVE GONE FROM CONDUCTING PURSE SNATCHINGS TO GUNPOINT HEISTS IN JUST UNDER A YEAR TARGETING TOURISTS AND NEW YORKERS.

NEW YORK CITY POLICE ARE TRYING TO TACKLE A RISE IN VIOLENT CRIME CONNECTED TO THE GANG MEMBERS IN THE CITY.

BUT ACCORDING TO THE NYPD’S DETECTIVE BUREAU ASSISTANT CHIEF JASON SAVINO, YOUNG TDA MEMBERS ARE MANAGING TO STAY OUT OF JAIL BECAUSE OF THEIR AGES AND LENIENCY IN LAWS.

SAVINO TELLING THE POST  MORE THAN TWENTY GANG MEMBERS SEEN HANGING OUT IN POCKETS AROUND THE MIGRANT SHELTER AND TIMES SQUARE HAVE BEEN CAUGHT FOR 50 SEPARATE CRIMES AND NOT ONE HAS FACED ANY SORT OF CONSEQUENCE.

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE SAID TREN DE ARAGUA GANG MEMBERS DISGUISED THEMSELVES TO BLEND IN WITH OTHER ASYLUM SEEKERS TO ILLEGALLY CROSS THE SOUTHERN BORDER INTO THE UNITED STATES SINCE 2022.

TREN DE ARAGUA GANG MEMBERS ARE LINKED TO MORE THAN 100 CRIMINAL CASES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY REPORTED IN SEPTEMBER.

IN JUNE, BERNARDO RAUL CASTRO MATA, A 19-YEAR-OLD ADMITTED TREN DE ARAGUA GANG MEMBER, WHO WAS LIVING IN A NEW YORK CITY MIGRANT SHELTER — WAS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING TWO NYPD OFFICERS WHILE THEY ATTEMPTED TO PULL HIM OVER ON HIS SCOOTER

MATA TOLD DETECTIVES TDA MEMBERS SNEAK GUNS INTO THE SHELTERS THROUGH FOOD DELIVERY PACKAGES TO AVOID METAL DETECTORS.

AND NEW YORK ISN’T THE ONLY CITY DEALING WITH TDA.

FORMER CHICAGO GANG MEMBER TYRONE MUHAMMAD WHO SPENT TWO YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR ILLICIT GANG ACTIVITY WARNED LAST MONTH THAT TREN DE ARAGUA GANG MEMBERS HAVE ALSO MOVED INTO CHICAGO’S SOUTHSIDE AND HE FEARS OF A “BLOODSHED” TURF WAR BETWEEN BLACK GANGS AND VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS.