Immigrants Charged With Attack on NYPD Officers Are ‘Tren de Aragua’ Gang Members: ICE

So far, eight people—all of them illegal immigrants—have been arrested in connection with the police beating.

A group of illegal immigrants attack two New York Police Department officers outside a migrant shelter in New York on Jan. 27, 2024, in a still from video. New York Police Department

At least two of the illegal immigrants charged in connection to the beating of New York Police Department (NYPD) officers last month are members of the Venezuelan gang known as Tren de Aragua, according to officials.

Marie Ferguson, a spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), told Fox News on Feb. 15 that Kelvin Servita-Arocha, 19, and Wilson Omar Juarez-Aguilarte, 21, have both been “identified as members of the Tren de Aragua transnational criminal organization.”