Two suspected members of the violent Tren de Aragua (TDA) who live in New York City Migrant Shelters were packed earlier this month in a gun and drug attack – and have since been cut loose on lesser charges that can end without prosecution, according to the police, judicial documents and the New York Post.
Police tells Fox News Digital that Jose Tamaronis-Caldera, 27, and Richard Garcia, 33, were arrested in the RAID of 5 February at a Big Apple Automatic Repair Workshop where a Glock-Pistol, two imitation guns and a large amount of medicines were found.
Both are renowned members of the Venezuelan migrants TDA -Bende, who terrorizes cities throughout the country, reports the New York Post, stating sources. The NYPD could not confirm their alleged gang membership to Fox News Digital.
Jose Tamaronis-Caldera, 27, left, and Richard Garcia, 33, right. (Commanded by New York Post)
Tren de Aragua -Bendiden arrested in the apartment of NYC next to the daycare center
Rafael Nieves, 54, who said prosecutors that the owner of the car shop is also arrested. The police said the raid took place at V&R Auto and collision Woodside, Queens.
All three were hit by crime drug and arms costs, but documents show that Tamaronis-Caldera and Garcia had lower charges when the case went to court.
Tamaronis-Caldera and Garcia are currently each accused of two crimes; Owning an air gun or air rifle and possession of an imitation fire that let them run without a bail, said prosecutors.
In addition, the charges against Tamaronis-Caldera and Garcia will be rejected after 5 August if they do not commit any further crimes as part of an postponement in honor of compliance (ACD) issued by the judge, said officers of Justice.
Nieves, who was confronted with the most serious charges, also had his charges for drugs and possession of weapons, where the new counts are not eligible for bail. His new charges include criminal possession of a firearm and imitation gun and criminal possession of a regulated substance in the seventh degree.
The office of the Queens Da said that the charges are not eligible for a bail because the gun was unloaded and there was no ammunition nearby. The DA’s office added that the drugs found on the site were in an office area and consisted of cocaine and oxycodone pills.
The raid took place at V&R Auto and collision in Woodside, Queens. (Google Maps)
Tren de Aragua -Bendel member arrested in NYC was “trying to buy grenades,” says Noeem
“The DA’s office assesses all evidence and costs as justified,” said the office of the Queens DA in a statement. “In this case, the arms tax against the defendant Nieves is for a firearm and is not eligible for a bail. Our office asked for guided release and the judge granted accompanied release.”
“The charges against the other two defendants, Garcia and Tamaronis-Caldera, are for possession of an air gun and are not eligible.”
The police said that Tamaronis-Caldera and Nieves live in the Hotel-Airport Hotel-Migrant Shelter of Crowne Plaza JFK Airport, while the address of Garcia was given as the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan, which also operates as a migrant hiding place.
Tamaronis-Caldera and Garcia crossed the American border illegally in 2023, but were then released, federal immigration sources told at the post. Fox News has contacted immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) for more information.
The address of Richard Garcia was given as the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan, which also works as a migrant shelter. (Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
A law enforcement officer was striped that the trio is confronted with lesser charges.
“These are not misguided individuals,” the officer told the post. “They are documented members of a well -known violent criminal company, a gang that has planted their flag here by anchoring itself in drugs, weapons and human trafficking – and the best thing we can do is make them come true?”
“If we did our work with criminals, we would not have ice to search our streets for prisoners.”
Migrant -related crime Spiked under the BIDEN administration in the midst of unprecedented levels of cross-border borders that flow into the country, usually via Mexico.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi mentioned Fox News at the end of last month that a TDA leader was caught in a Immigration -Invall in the Bronx And tried to buy grenades.
“He had just been part of a weapon weapon exchange and tried to buy grenades,” said Name. “Why should someone in this country have to buy a grenade and go outside and perpetuate violence?”
