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New York Post
15 Feb 2024


NextImg:Migrants busted in brutal beating of NYPD cops in Times Square are members of bloodthirsty ‘Tren de Aragua’ gang: feds

At least two of the migrants charged in the shocking caught-on-video mob attack on two NYPD cops in Times Square are members of the notorious Venezuelan street gang “Tren de Aragua,” federal immigration officials told The Post on Thursday.

Wilson Juarez, 21, and Kelvin Servita-Arocha, 19, who are charged in the Jan. 27 attack on New York’s Finest, are being held without bail by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials as reputed members of the bloodthirsty gang that has established a footprint in the Big Apple.

“Both unlawfully present Venezuelan citizens have been charged in conjunction with the violent gang assault carried out on two NYPD officers are are currently detailed without bond,” ICE spokeswoman Marie Ferguson said in an email to The Post.

“Both noncitizens have been identified as members of the Tren de Aragua transnational criminal organization,” Ferguson said.

Juarez and Arocha were nabbed by immigration agents after cops executed an arrest warrant for another asylum seeker wanted in the Times Square attack.

The revelation comes as a second migrant linked to the Times Square attack became just the second to be ordered held without bail in the Big Apple, while another was hit with a $100,000 cash bail.

Darwin Andres Gomez-Izquiel, 19, who was initially released without bail after the Jan. 27 beatdown of two of New York’s Finest, was shipped off to Rikers Island on Wednesday night after getting busted again for allegedly shoplifting at a Queens Macy’s department store.

“The rule of law and those who enforce it must be respected,” Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement released Thursday. “Otherwise brazen lawlessness will rule the day and our great city will descend into chaos.”

The decision to jail Gomez-Izquiel came hours before 21-year-old Ulises Bohorquez became the eighth migrant arraigned in the cowardly assault and ordered held on $100,000 cash bail or a $250,000 bond.

Kelvin Servita Arocha, 19, one of the migrants charged in an attack on NYPD cops, is a member of the notorious Venezuelan street gang “Tren de Aragua,” federal immigration officials said Thursday.
Wilson Juarez, 21, one of the migrants charged in a gang attack on NYPD cops, is a member of the violent Venezuelan gang “Tren de Aragua,” federal immigration officials said Thursday.

Ulises Bohorquez, 21, faced a judge in Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday on the case — with a continent of NYPD cops looking on from the audience.

Police have identified at least one other migrant who remains on the loose in the incident and another as a person of interest, with as many as 14 suspects believed to have taken part in the beatdown of an NYPD lieutenant and a police officer after they tried to break up an unruly crowd.

So far eight migrants have been charged with assault on a police officer and obstructing government administration in the Jan. 27 attack — Gomez-Izquiet, Bohorquez, Juarez, Arocha, Yorman Reveron, 24; Yohenry Brito, 24; Jhoan Boada, 22; and Yarwuin Madris, 17.

Darwin Andres Gomez-Izquiel, 19, is only the second migrant charged in a gang attack on NYPD cops to be ordered held without bail. Dennis A. Clark

The first five suspects were initially released without bail by Manhattan prosecutors pending further investigation, including a closer review of video footage of the assault.

Brito, who was arrested last week, became the first to be ordered held on bail, with a Manhattan judge ordering him held on $15,000 cash bail or a $50,000 bond — but was released this week after a Brooklyn activist priest posted the bond pending his next court appearance.

On Wednesday, Madris became the first of the brutal bunch to be held without bail.

Six of the migrants were named in a Manhattan indictment announced last week.

Prosecutors said at least two of the suspects — Juarez and Arocha — were later taken into custody by federal immigration authorities, and said earlier reports that several of the migrants hopped on a bus and fled to California proved to be unfounded.

Eight migrants have so far been charged in a Jan. 27 gang attack on two NYPD cops in Times Square, with cops looking for at least two others, law enforcement sources said. Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Police said two NYPD cops were breaking up an unruly crowd in Times Square when they were attacked by migrants. Manhattan District Attorney's Office

Officials at ICE confirmed on Thursday that both are “unlawfully present” in the country and have been charged with have not responded to requests for comment.

At his arraignment Wednesday night, Queens prosecutors asked that Gomez-Izquiel be held without bail on the Macy’s shoplifting charge, or at least have bail set at $10,000.

The judge instead set bail at $1 on the petty larceny case — but ordered the migrant held without bail due to the outstanding Manhattan assault charge.

Gomez-Izquiel was initially released without bail in Manhattan but was hauled back into court after prosecutors said he was part of a migrant crew that tried to steal more than $600 in clothing from Macy’s.

At least two of the migrants charged with a gang attack on NYPD cops are members of a violent Venezuelan gang. DCPI

Meanwhile, Bohorquez went before a judge in Manhattan and was ordered held on $100,000 cash bail or a $250,000 bond on Thursday.

It is unclear if any of the migrants other than Juarez and Arochoa have been linked to Tren de Aragua, or Aragua Train, with the name stemming from the vicious gang’s origins as a railroad labor union in the Venezuelan town of Aragua.

The NYPD recently issued warnings about the South American gang infiltrating the five boroughs after sneaking into the country claiming asylum — only to set up shop in the city.

The Post reported Wednesday that National Guard troops, who patrol migrant shelters in the Empire State, were urged to keep an eye out for distinctive Tren de Aragua tattoos on incoming asylum seekers.

Additional reporting by Kyle Schnitzer