Posted on 01/09/2026 6:45:16 AM PST by MtnClimber
Two Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang members were shot and wounded by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in Portland, Oregon, Thursday afternoon during a targeted vehicle stop in East Portland.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed the agents involved were Border Patrol personnel conducting operations related to a Venezuelan national involved in a recent shooting in Portland.
According to DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin, the driver of the car “weaponized his vehicle and attempted to run over” the agents, prompting one of them to fire defensive shots out of fear for his life.
When agents identified themselves to the vehicle occupants, the driver weaponized his vehicle and attempted to run over the law enforcement agents. Fearing for his life and safety, an agent fired defensive shots. The driver drove off with the passenger, fleeing the scene. This situation is evolving and more information is forthcoming.
The man and woman were later found with gunshot wounds and transported to a local hospital; their conditions remain unknown.
McLaughlin said the passenger in the vehicle was recently involved in a shooting in Portland and was the target of the operation.
“The passenger of the vehicle and target is a Venezuelan illegal alien affiliated with the transnational Tren de Aragua prostitution ring and involved in a recent shooting in Portland,” McLaughlin said. “The vehicle driver is believed to be a member of the vicious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.”
In a statement shortly after the shooting was confirmed, Mayor Keith Wilson (D) released a statement condemning federal immigration enforcement, not the Tren de Aragua gang bangers who tried to run over the Border Patrol agents.
“Portland is now grappling with another deeply troubling incident,” Wilson said.
“We cannot sit by while constitutional protections erode and bloodshed mounts. Portland is not a “training ground” for militarized agents, and the “full force” threatened by the administration has deadly consequences. As Mayor, I call on ICE to end all operations in Portland until a full investigation can be completed,” he stated.
Portland-area congresswoman Rep. Janelle Bynum told CNN that the federal agents who shot and wounded the two Tren de Aragua suspects in Portland were engaging in “state-sponsored terrorism.”
President Trump’s rapid response team on X strongly condemned Bynum’s rhetoric.
“Absolutely psychotic, deranged rhetoric that puts a target on the back of every brave Patriot in law enforcement,” posted Rapid Response 47. “SICK.”
Following the ICE involved shooting of a anti ICE agitator in Minneapolis, Wednesday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said there had been four car ramming domestic terror attacks on federal officers that day alone—three of them in Minneapolis.
“We have seen over 100 of these vehicle rammings happen in just recent weeks and this must stop,” the DHS Secretary said.
Noem reiterated that immigration agents have faced a 1,300 percent surge in assaults and an 8,000 percent spike in death threats in the past year.
DHS reported Thursday that car-ramming attacks against federal law enforcement officers is up over 3,000 percent.
“From January 21, 2025 – January 7, 2026, ICE law enforcement officers experienced 66 vehicular attacks against them, compared to only 2 during the same time period the previous year,” the Department said in a press release. “This is a 3,200 percent increase in vehicular attacks.”
Left-wing agitators gathered outside the Portland ICE facility for a small but growing protest,” according to KGW.
Border Patrol needs more range time.
And before anyone gets excited, more will be shot.
Bank on it.
Give the Dems and MSM a day or two and these two will be turned into “Maryland men” or fathers who were just trying to make a better life for their families.
No “alleged”?
I’m okay with that, but does it give the alleged bad guys a basis for a suit?
“This is a 3,200 percent increase in vehicular attacks”
To be fair, they are doing their jobs now under Trump, while they were disallowed from doing their jobs under Bidet.
If they were lesbians, everyone would be on the side of the gang members.
I’m waiting for this nut cases to start putting children in the cars with them as human shields so the cops won’t fire into the vehicle.
NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY
Across the country on January 9th each year, citizens take the lead to show support on National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.
https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-law-enforcement-appreciation-day-january-9
Give the Dems and MSM a day or two and these two will be turned into “Maryland men”
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And they will remain here just like “Maryland Man” because judges protect them.
They are the same thing. In his later years, Rush Limbaugh started to refer to the Democrat Party as "the political wing of the Main Stream Media."
Another idiot "elected" official protecting vicious criminals and gang members over law abiding citizens.
Hizzhonor - like his counterpart in Minneapolis - wants to make sure these criminals can continue to prey on Americans unimpeded by law enforcement.
The mayor wants more of this:
Four Illegals Arrested for “Conducting Laser Strikes” on CBP Chopper in Portland
Four Mexican Illegals Federally Charged After Purchasing Nearly 200 Guns in Oregon – DOJ
UPDATE: Sanctuary Oregon Issued Driver’s License to Obama Illegal Charged in Hit-and-Run Killing of Idaho Child
Oregon County Commissioner Demands End to ‘Sanctuary State’ Laws After Elderly Man Stabbed by Illegal Alien With Lengthy Rap Sheet
“Portland is now grappling with another ‘’’deeply troubling’’’ incident”
These people are such mealy-mouthed pussy-asses. He’s troubled about foreign gangsters getting hosed.
I heard on the radio this morning that the biggest news coming out of the Minneapolis incident was that the woman was NOT driving a Suburu Forester
These city politicians and their lackey cops are in open rebellion. The Insurrection Act is the answer.
Demonicrat Mayor Keith Wilson is a traitor to the United States of America.
Seem to remember no protests after the Bundy assassination. But illegals and homegrown terrorists? Poets, mothers and citizens of the world!
Had to use a throw down car for committing crimes so not to damage or lose the lesbo-mobile.
Wonderful..... Justice as it should be! Let’s keep MAGA!
I’ve been whinging about that. OK, 1st shot might just slow them down. But, if you need more than two you need to turn in your gun until your range stats improve.
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