Illegal Immigrants Suspected of Beating NYPD Cops Arrested in Arizona

Of six individuals taken into custody and charged in connection with the Jan. 27 attack near Times Square, only one suspect was held on bail.

Illegal immigrants attack two New York Police Department officers outside a shelter in New York on Jan. 27, 2024. Still from video courtesy of New York Police Department

Several of the illegal immigrants believed to be involved in the beating of two police officers in New York have been arrested in Phoenix, Arizona, according to an official.

A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sources told The Epoch Times in an emailed statement that, on Feb. 5, special agents from multiple law enforcement agencies arrested four individuals on a bus from El Paso, Texas, on its way to the Greyhound bus station in Phoenix.