WINNING: Tren De Aragua Ringleader of Aurora, Colorado Apartment Building Takeovers Nabbed in New York

Red State ^ | 01/28/2025 | Ward Clark

[SeekAndFind]

On Tuesday, an exclusive New York Post story broke with news that the ringleader of the infamous Aurora, Colorado apartment building takeovers has been arrested in New York City. This is one goblin we should be glad is off the streets.

A violent Tren de Aragua ringleader sought in an infamous, caught-on-camera break-in in Aurora, Colo., was nabbed Tuesday in a dramatic pre-dawn raid in New York City — across from an elementary school, sources said.

Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco, 25, was taken into custody as part of the Trump administration’s first promised immigration raids in the Big Apple, law-enforcement sources told The Post. 

He was caught by heavily armed Homeland Security Investigations officers who stormed an Ogden Avenue apartment building in The Bronx in the early hours, the sources said. The building is across the street from PS 11, a k a the Highbridge School.

Earlier on Tuesday, my colleague Mike Miller described the story of the operation of which Zambrano-Pacheco's arrest was a part.

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Previously on RedState: New DHS Head Noem Hits the Ground Running, Joins ICE Raid in 'Sanctuary' NYC to Nab 'Dirtbags'

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Mike writes:

Eight days into Trump 2.0, heads on both sides of the political divide continue to swirl. From President Donald Trump to Border Czar Tom Homan to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and others, the hammer continues to drop, leaving freaked-out D.C. bureaucrats mumbling and scratching their heads while updating their resumes. 

Early Tuesday morning, Trump's new DHS boss Kristi Noem got after it, as well — bigly.

The former South Dakota governor, who was sworn into office on Saturday, joined an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in "sanctuary city" New York City early Tuesday to witness ICE agents nab illegal aliens, most of whom, in this first stage of Trump mass repatriation plan, are criminals. 

Or as Noem called the illegals, "dirtbags."

Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco would seem to be a dirtbag among dirtbags. He is wanted not only for being in the country illegally but also is facing charges in Colorado of kidnapping, burglary, and menacing. Kicking in doors while armed with a rifle is pretty menacing, after all, and Zambrano-Pacheco was allegedly not only a part of that apartment-building assault but one of the ringleaders.

On Sunday, in Colorado, a bunch of his fellow Tren de Aragua gang members were also rounded up. It's not inconceivable that one of them may have given away Zambrano-Pacheco's location; these goblins don't seem to be big on Omertà. 

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See Related: It's a New Day: 50 Tren de Aragua Gang Members Rounded Up in Colorado

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The ICE/Homeland Security and other arms of law enforcement sure seem to be fanning out across the land. Border "encounters" are dropping dramatically, and illegal alien criminals are being rounded up and either jailed pending trial or repatriated. The only bad thing about all this is that it took the return of President Trump to get this going; evidence would indicate that many in ICE, Homeland Security, and most especially local law enforcement knew all along who these goblins were, where they were, and when and where to find them; granted in the beginning, they are going after the worst offenders, but they are bagging a lot of goblins very quickly.

Nope. Still not tired of winning.

[HIDEK6]

You know traitor obama-Pelosi-Schumer would have let him go.

[dp0622]

It’d be great to have an LA Confidential scene where they send in one crazy tough cop who ends up in a “gun fight” with the piece of garbage...and the gangster ends up dead.

But this is fine too :)

I can have my daydreams if I want :)

There was a scene in LA Confidential where Russell Crow was sent in first to nab a rapist.

He kinda shot the rapist for um, reaching for the cereal box :)

I know, in real life that would lead to some very, very bad mishaps.

But for a monster like this, one can fantasize :)

[Freeleesy]

Gracias a Dios.

[ifinnegan]

It is great. And the prior fakeministration could have done this.

[Steely Tom]

Only a handful of apartment buildings were taken over.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Only a handful of apartment buildings were taken over.

That’s a handful too many.

[AndyJackson]

Sounds like acts of war by illegal combatants. I think the usual penalty is battlefield execution unless your army decides he needs a thorough interrogation to extract maximum intelligence information. Then you dump him in a ditch somewhere.

[AndyJackson]

It’s not like he was a white rascist nuking a whole city or something.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

"Only a handful of apartment buildings were taken over."

LOL!

For those who live in Rio Linda:

“Martha, do you hear yourself?” Vance, 40, incredulously asked
ABC’s Martha Raddatz" 71, when the network’s veteran correspondent attempted to downplay the
violent takeover"

[Fiji Hill]

When Trump became president, he should have headed back to Aragua--and taken an avión, which is a hell of a lot faster than a tren.

[know.your.why]

Do NOT deport this guy. Lock his ass up in a SuperMax for life!

[Steely Tom]

Of course if a Republican had said anything so ridiculous, ABC would have been quick to get footage of all the buildings, show children playing out in front of them, etc. They would have found out exactly how many people lived in each of the "handful of apartment buildings," added them all up, and gleefully explained how many people's lives were endangered by the takeover of a "handful of apartment buildings."

But because Tren De Aragua is apparently on the MSM's list of "favored groups," no such treatment was afforded the residents.

[SeekAndFind]

All these controversy about mass deportation is much ado about nothing. The left just want to make noise that’s all

This has been done before.

President Eisenhower deported over a million illegals back in 1954 under a derogatory name: “OPERATION WETBACK”.

The operation involved politically incorrect tactics including:

Mass roundups in Mexican-American communities

Random stops and ID checks

Deportations deep into Mexico’s interior to discourage return

Transport in overcrowded vessels with poor conditions

As far as I can tell ( by what I read ) -— No, there was not a major public outcry at the time. The operation actually received widespread support from much of the American public and press in 1954. Several major newspapers endorsed the campaign, and public polling showed majority support.

Now, what Trump is doing ( which is a FRACTION of what Eisenhower did ) is supposed to be controversial?

[gnarledmaw]

I have to agree.

I know, I know...”slippery slopes” “Cruel and unusual” etcetera but it sure would be satisfying to see trash like this take a couple large caliber shots to the face.

[doorgunner69]

Isn’t the sewer of NYC a sanctuary?

[dp0622]

WHAT YOU SAID!! :)

With my luck, I’d be the first innocent guy to get blastest :)

BUT in the scene, there was a naked girl tied to a bed and RIGHT in the other room was some piece of garbage eating creal and laughign while watching TV.

That’s kind of a No Brainer that he’s guilty :)

Poor girl. It’s a movie, but it happens way too often in real life.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Evidence would indicate that many in ICE, Homeland Security” just wanted to be told “do your damn job — go get them!”

[FlyingEagle]

Gitmo. No trial. Illegal alien, no rights.

[Jeff Chandler]

OMGosh, here he is eating a dog!