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A gun-toting crew of nine suspected Tren de Aragua gangbangers unleashed chaos at a Colorado apartment complex — just one year after the notorious Venezuelan gang seized properties across the state and sparked a wave of violent crime. Chilling doorbell footage captured the disturbing moment the violent thugs brandished firearms and repeatedly knocked on the door of a Potomac Street apartment in Aurora on June 9, Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain shared during a news conference Tuesday afternoon. The heavily armed group pestered the complex for about a minute before they left, the footage showed. “There is, without question, gang...

Judge’s are supposed to recuse themselves from any decisions that could even remotely look like there’s a conflict of interest. But these judges aren’t ruling on cases, they are left-wing activists who are also protecting their families’ livelihoods. The conflict of interest is glaring. ... James Boasberg’s daughter works for nonprofit whose founder said judge ‘rightly’ blocked deportations of alleged Venezuelan gangbangers — and opposes Laken Riley Act... The daughter of DC District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg is employed by a nonprofit that received millions in government funding, opposes the Laken Riley Act — and whose founder argued that...

Two alleged Tren de Aragua gangbangers who were busted by the NYPD have been deported to El Salvador’s notorious hellhole prison — despite New York City’s sanctuary laws. Carlos Chivico Medina, 24, was nabbed in a massive drug ring bust in November, and Miguel Vaamondes Barrios, 42, was picked up last April as part of a raid on squatters at Bronx home. Both were on a leaked list of deportees flown to El Salvador’s terrorism confinement center (CECOT) earlier this month under the Alien Enemies Act — which President Trump invoked to make it easier to kick out members of...

Dozens of deported illegal migrants — including some suspected Tren de Aragua gangbangers — grinned and waved proudly as they landed in their native Venezuela early Monday after the South American country resumed accepting repatriation flights from the US. Nearly 200 deportees were spotted disembarking from the jet soon after it touched down at an airport near Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, first thing Monday morning. Footage of the arrival showed some migrants appearing to taunt the US by raising their hands in the air as they emerged from the plane — just days after the Trump administration deported scores of Venezuelans...

A pair of reputed migrant gangbangers were nabbed in a drug raid at a Queens auto shop — only to be cut loose without bail after prosecutors reduced the charges, The Post has learned. Jose Tamaronis-Caldera, 27, and Richard Garcia, 33, both tied to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, were busted on felony drug and gun charges in a Feb. 5 raid at V&R Auto and Collision in Woodside, along with 54-year-old shop owner Rafael Nieves, according to sources and court records. But once the case got to court, Queens prosecutors reduced the charges, hitting the migrants with a...

A crew of migrant gangbangers taken down by the NYPD was so brazen about their illegal gun profits that they posted a sick photo of a baby on a pile of their ill-gotten cash. In all, 10 high-ranking members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua — including the baby’s heartless mom — are out of commission or on the run thanks to a nationwide sweep. The NYPD seized a cache of more than 30 illegal guns, including AR-15 assault rifles and a Glock 9mm with a trigger modification making it an automatic, in the Tuesday night raids. “Tren...

President Trump’s long-promised ICE raids continued on Thursday — as the total number of illegal migrants nabbed by federal authorities reached 538, including new arrests of pedophiles, gang members, and a suspected terrorist in New York. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are scouring cities and states, trying to round up illegal aliens who are either wanted for crimes in their home country or who have committed crimes during their time in the US. A source told The Post that many of the migrants rounded up by agents were convicted in “some very heinous cases.” ICE’s crackdown spanned several states...

Knife-wielding Tren de Aragua gang members are mobbing border crossings at El Paso, Texas, in an attempt to break into the US — and have said they will attack border guards who try to stop them, according to a shocking Texas law enforcement memo leaked to The Post. Last week, 20 of the Venezuelan gangbangers — armed with blades, tire irons and broken liquor bottles — tried to force their way into the US at a border gate, the missive from the Texas Department of Public Safety read.... A Texas law enforcement source told The Post that “gunfire has picked...

Venezuelan who is running for office in Utah warned that local authorities “are not ready” to deal with Tren de Aragua — as the vicious prison gang has expanded its territory to at least 18 states. Carlos Moreno, who is running for Salt Lake County Council in District 2, spoke out against Tren de Aragua gangbangers .. who have been linked to at least two separate crimes in the Beehive State capital — including a prostitution ring. “Our law enforcement people are not ready,” ... They are not ready yet to face these kinds of gangs in Utah because the...

A brutal crew of baby-faced Tren de Aragua migrant gangbangers at a city-funded Manhattan shelter are pulling off armed robberies in Times Square — and they’re getting away with it .. Nearly two dozen young migrant thugs, some as young as 11 years old, are part of a dangerous asylum-seeking brat pack that has graduated from purse snatchings to gunpoint heists targeting New Yorkers and tourists alike .. they’re managing to stay out of jail because of their ages and the Empire State’s lenient criminal justice laws, ... “They kind of had a graduation of sorts, and a progression where...

Four reputed members of the vicious Venezuelan street gang “Tren de Aragua” are behind bars after a tense 8-hour standoff with cops in Texas following a violent $75,000 jewelry heist. Dallas police said the migrant thugs followed the victim into her garage, pistol-whipped her and forced her into the Elsby Avenue home, where they made off with the valuables inside the woman’s Gucci bag on Sept. 21, WFAA-TV News reported. Authorities later rounded up three of the gangbangers — Yean Brayhan Torralba, 20, Alberto Martinez Silva, 34, and Manuel Hernandez-Hernandez, 28 — but the leader of the crew barricaded himself...

Chicago's gang tensions are rising as newly arrived Venezuelan migrants, including the Tren de Aragua gang, clash with local black gangs. Former gangster Tyrone Muhammad warns that these turf wars, fueled by economic frustration, could cause the city to erupt in violence.

The US Coast Guard nabbed three suspected gangbangers aboard a migrant ship headed for American soil — who were sought for a 2020 shooting in Puerto Rico that left four people dead. The migrant ship was spotted by a US Customs and Border Enforcement plane and intercepted by the Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser in the Mona Passage on Friday, officials said. The three suspects were taken into custody and turned over to a Dominican Republic navy ship, the Coast Guard said in a press release on Tuesday.

Criminals with ties to MS-13 and other gangs are selling fake green cards and social security cards to migrants on street corners in Queens — a dangerous security threat as rogue newcomers pour into the Big Apple. This week The Post spotted at least 10 men camped out in broad daylight at four different corners along Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, hawking the bogus documents for $80 to $250. The forged social security numbers can be used to open up a bank account and potentially obtain a real driver’s license.

Two 18-year-olds have been charged with making a terroristic threat after police in Everman, Texas, thwarted a potential shooting at a high school homecoming football game last Friday.

Guns the leading cause of death for children, teens by: Joshua Short Posted: Apr 28, 2022 DENVER (KDVR) — New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals an alarming trend: Guns are now the leading cause of death facing children and teens. That new report comes as many observe Youth Violence Prevention Week this week. The Problem Solvers dug into these numbers and found it’s a trend also impacting local communities. Some experts say some people will read or even hear this headline and automatically assume this is an issue on guns or gun laws. But they...

The Las Vegas Raiders waived 2020 first-round pick Damon Arnette and have now cut ties with both first-round picks from that draft before the midpoint of their second season. General manager Mike Mayock called it a “painful decision” to release Arnette on Monday but said it was necessary in response to a social media post with Arnette brandishing a gun and threatening to kill someone. Arnette was drafted 19th overall with a pick acquired in the Khalil Mack trade despite what Mayock called “significant concerns” about his character. Arnette was rated lower on most draft rankings but the Raiders believed...

Only hours after President Joe Biden announced his plan to address crime, the city of Chicago suffered two mass shootings nearly simultaneously. According to Chicago’s CBS affiliate, eight people were shot, four each in shootings in two of Chicago’s neighborhoods. One incident claiming four victims occurred in the Austin neighborhood at around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The second incident occurred in Englewood, where four people who belonged to a motorcycle club were shot around the same time of the evening. The Chicago Police Department (CPD) said the shots were fired from a passing vehicle. The CPD currently has no one...

KILLEEN, Texas (KTRK) -- Police have arrested a 19-year-old suspect in the mass shooting in downtown Austin that killed a tourist and wounded more than a dozen others, authorities said Thursday. De'Ondre Jermirris White was arrested in Killeen around 2:30 p.m. He was taken into custody without incident and transported to the city jail.

At least 15 people were injured, some critically, when they were shot while attending the funeral of 31-year-old Donnie Weathersby, a recent victim of gun violence himself. In a Wednesday morning update, police said that 10 of the victims were female and five were male. "I saw body after body on the ground," said witness Arnita Jeder. "It's a war out here … Why are they shooting like this? This is ridiculous. Enough is enough." According to reports, victims ranging in ages between 21 and 65 were entering and exiting the Rhodes Funeral Services funeral home when assailants in a...