Immigrants Charged With Attack on NYPD Officers Are ‘Tren de Aragua’ Gang Members: ICE

Published on February 17, 2024

At least two of the illegal immigrants charged in connection to the beating of New York Police Department (NYPD) officers last month are members of the Venezuelan gang known as Tren de Aragua, according to officials. Marie Ferguson, a spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), told Fox News on Feb. 15 that Kelvin Servita-Arocha, 19, and Wilson Omar Juarez-Aguilarte, 21, have both been “identified as members of the Tren de Aragua transnational criminal organization.” The agency said both individuals are being held without bail in ICE custody after they were arrested in connection with a pair of immigration warrants. “Both unlawfully present Venezuelan citizens have been charged in conjunction with the violent gang assault carried out on two NYPD officers and are currently detained without bond in ERO New York City custody,” Ms. Ferguson said....