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Eight people were shot and three killed Monday afternoon in a Gage Park, Chicago shooting during an apparent house party, and police are still looking for a suspect. Chicago Police Chief of Patrol Jon Hein said police responded to a call in the 3500 block of West 59th Street in Gage Park. Chief Jon Hein told reporters during a press conference Monday, “A total of eight individuals from this incident had been shot, four males, four females, Hispanic background, ages 20 to 35, three of the male subjects succumbed from their injuries involved in today.” Via CBS: https://rumble.com/v5vpbp8-chicago-police-chief-of-patrol-jon-hein-gives-update-on-gage-park-shooting.html While this...

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data obtained by NBC News revealed in October that at least 600 Tren de Aragua gang members, all from Venezuela, are now living in at least 15 states and possibly 8 more.Experts, though, called that estimate “disturbingly low.” The actual total number of Tren de Aragua gang members living in the United States is likely far higher, they suggested.This year alone, Tren de Aragua members have been accused or convicted of heinous crimes. In particular, two members of the gang are accused of murdering 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray in Houston, Texas after they were both released...

In June, Victor Martinez-Hernandez was charged with the murder of Rachel Morin, a mother of five in Maryland. Police in Oklahoma tracked the accused repeat offender down with a sample of his DNA recovered from a Los Angeles home invasion in which a nine-year-old girl and her mother were assaulted. Police say he came to the U.S. illegally to escape prosecution for at least one other murder in his native El Salvador in December 2022. “That should never have been allowed to happen,” said Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler, referring to the numerous missed red flags the case presented. His office apprehended...

Police in New York City arrested two suspected members of the gang Tren de Aragua on Wednesday who are believed to be linked to violence at an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado. The suspects allegedly connected to the Venezuelan gang were identified as 23-year-old Denyeer Aramillo Meneses and 25-year-old Edison Pena Angulo, Fox News reported on Friday. The NYPD’s gang task force and officials with Homeland Security arrested the pair following a major credit card scam and drug trafficking bust.

Tren de Argua gang members tied to the apartment takeover in Aurora, Colorado were reportedly arrested in a major drug and firearms bust in New York City. This comes after there has been heightened concern over the gang's activity in the United States. Two gang members tied to the apartment takeover, Denyeer Aramillo Meneses, 23, and Edison Pena Angulo, 25, were taken into custody during an early morning raid in the Bronx. NYPD as well as US Department of Homeland Security agents nabbed the two as well as 13 other suspected gang members, per the New York Post. 15 total...

A Venezuelan migrant with links to Tren de Aragua has been arrested for allegedly robbing one of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecutors in her apartment building after she busted him masturbating, police sources told The Post Wednesday. Brandon Simosa, 25, who has apparent ties to the vicious prison gang, was nabbed outside the Row Hotel migrant shelter in Midtown Manhattan Tuesday night over the sick ordeal, the sources said. He is accused of robbing the 38-year-old assistant district attorney when she arrived home to her 44th Street pad at about 2 a.m. Sunday and busted him midway through the...

Two Venezuelan gangsters who participated in the violent apartment takeovers in Aurora just got arrested in New York City for being part of a major credit card scam & drug operation. Can someone invent time travel so we can all teleport to Trump's inauguration? Something tells me officials in Colorado let them flee to New York instead of punishing or deporting them. I am sick and tired of this and just glad we finally have a president who will care about our cities. ... So how long until they are back in the streets again? ... Maybe a week, a...

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s administration is saddling Denver taxpayers with a whopping $90 million bill to address the ongoing illegal immigration crisis. The city implemented several measures to meet this substantial financial obligation, including freezing the hiring of approximately 160 vacant positions and reallocating funds from various sources. In his announcement, he signaled a major shift in Denver’s response to the migrant crisis.

Spending on migrants in Denver has ballooned to an estimated $356 million, an updated analysis by the Common Sense Institute says. The estimate, which amounts to $7,900 per foreign national in the city, includes spending from the city, schools, and health care systems. Denver has seen an influx of almost 43,000 migrants since 2022. The city has received significant federal funding for migrant response. ... from May, the city received federal funding for migrant response from the Head Start Program ($13 million), Federal Emergency Management Agency ($8.6 million), U.S. Department of Local Affairs ($1.5 million), and the National Board for...

Audit results reveal that the City of Denver, Colorado, lost track of nearly $150 MILLION they spent between January 2022 and March 2024 on homeless shelters And they wonder why we voted for @DOGE ? By the way, it's now clear & obvious that Democrats use homelessness to launder money back to themselves. This is why the crisis will never be cured. You don't write checks totaling $150 million without knowing exactly where it'll end up. Not only should Mayor Mike Johnston get arrested for planning to harbor illegals, but he should now get arrested for laundering money. ... They...

A pair of Tren de Aragua gangbangers tied to a wild Aurora, Colorado apartment invasion were arrested in a major NYC drug trafficking and credit card scam bust Wednesday that also netted an arsenal of deadly assault rifles, The Post has learned. Denyeer Aramillo Meneses, 23, and Edison Pena Angulo, 25, were picked up during an early-morning raid in the Bronx by a gang task force led by the NYPD and US Homeland Security Investigation, according to law enforcement sources. In total, 15 suspected members of the Venezuelan migrant gang were nabbed following a months-long investigation into narcotics trafficking and...

They’ve taken over the streets are committing violent crime across the city. But Democrats told me this wasn’t happening…

As Venezuelan gang soldiers set up shop in Tennessee, a Nashville reporter directs ire at a handful of American families who’ve moved in.News Channell 5 / screenshotOn Nov. 18, Nashville News Channel 5 reporter Phil Williams delivered a breathless “exclusive investigation” into the supposed right-wing radicals targeting rural Jackson County, Tennessee, for a takeover. He claimed, “their views are not so different from the ideas espoused by the neo-Nazis and other white supremacists seen marching down Nashville streets in the past year.”His camera crew, his drone, and even a news helicopter descended on the tiny town of Gainesboro so Phil...

Rape, robbery, and aggravated assault soared more than 40 percent under the Biden-Harris administration despite claims to the contrary, Justice Department data that the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) analyzed show. The finding is significant because violent crime fell 15 percent under former President Donald Trump, according to the CPRC’s estimate. “Despite their fraudulent statements that they made,” Trump said during Tuesday’s debate, “crime in this country is through the roof. And we have a new form of crime. It’s called migrant crime.” Migrant crime is rampant, according to the Trump campaign: Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old Maryland mother of five,...

Barack Obama has been hitting the stump hard for Kamala Harris lately, including a joint appearance with her Thursday night in Georgia. He’s recorded dozens of videos for the Harris campaign and has spoken at more rallies than at any time since 2012. CNN reported that Obama feels that his legacy is on the line in ways it wasn’t in 2016 or 2020, ... It may not work, and it might even prove counterproductive. Obama was never very good at getting people to vote for anyone but himself. ... The contrast just highlights how bad Harris really is. It’s not...

Yesterday was the third day of the Laken Riley murder trial in Athens, Georgia, and the day on which prosecutors rested their case after calling 25 witnesses to the stand. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the case, Riley was a 22-year-old nursing student who was murdered while jogging on the University of Georgia campus earlier this year. Her alleged murderer, José Antonio Ibarra, is a 26-year-old Venezuelan man who is in the United States illegally. He's been charged with felony murder, malice murder, false imprisonment, hindering a 911 call, aggravated assault with intent to rape, and kidnapping,...

Justice has come for Laken Riley’s family. 26-year-old Jose Ibarra, the illegal alien who kılled Riley, has been found guilty on all charges including murder. Here is the moment: Laken Riley’s Killer: GUILTY!#JusticeForLakenRiley pic.twitter.com/x7YxCn8FcK — Townhall.com (@townhallcom) November 20, 2024 As the New York Post reported, Judge Patrick Haggard handed down the ten guilty verdicts, returning to the bench just 19 minutes after the prosecution and defense presented their closing arguments. Reilly’s family reportedly held hands and wept while Ibarra remained stone-faced while seated in the courtroom. CBS notes the state of Georgia had charged Ibarra with the following counts:...

Judge finds Jose Ibarra guilty of killing Laken Riley. 01:07 - Source: CNN What we're covering here • JUST IN: Jose Ibarra, the man accused of killing Laken Riley as she jogged through the woods at the University of Georgia, has been convicted of murder, a judge ruled ..

Kemp argued that border policies under President Biden are 'outrageous'Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says justice was served after a judge gave the 26-year-old migrant from Venezuela who was convicted of murdering Laken Riley a life sentence. "I'm glad that justice was served, and it was swift and severe," the governor said in a Fox News Digital interview on Wednesday soon after a judge in Athens County, Georgia, convicted and then sentenced Jose Antonio Ibarra, a migrant who had entered the U.S. illegally. Kemp said the conviction and sentencing were "no surprise" and emphasized that Riley's murder was "a really tragic...

The New York Post just reported the following:Venezuelan migrant with ties to Tren de Aragua grins after being arrested in lewd robbery of NYC prosecutorNovember 20, 2024A Venezuelan migrant with links to Tren de Aragua has been arrested for allegedly robbing one of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecutors in her apartment building after she busted him masturbating, police sources told The Post Wednesday.Brandon Simosa, 25, who has apparent ties to the vicious prison gang, was nabbed outside the Row Hotel migrant shelter in Midtown Manhattan Tuesday night over the sick ordeal, the sources said.He is accused of robbing the...