Tren de Aragua gang member arrested in NYC was ‘trying to buy grenades,’ Noem says

A subordinate of the convulsive Venezuelan Tren de Aragua pack arrested Tuesday during sweeping migration raids successful New York City was trying to bargain grenades, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News connected Wednesday.

Noem had joined national migration authorities Tuesday successful New York City for the sweeps, which officials said were targeting convulsive criminals successful large cities and elsewhere.

On Wednesday, Noem addressed the apprehension of who she described arsenic a "ringleader" of the Tren de Aragua pack during an quality connected "Fox & Friends."

"He had conscionable been a portion of a weapon weapons speech and was trying to bargain grenades," Noem said. "Why would anybody successful this state request to bargain a grenade and spell retired and perpetuate violence?"

NOEM SAYS 'WORST OF THE WORST' ARRESTED IN NYC RAID TARGETING CRIMINAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

A Venezuelan migrant arrested during an ICE raid aboriginal connected Jan. 28 was identified by the Department of Homeland Security arsenic Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco. Zambrano-Pacheco was wanted by Aurora Police Department successful Colorado and was 1 of the men who appeared successful a viral information camera video from August 2024 who menaced an flat gathering soon earlier a fatal shooting. (City of Aurora)

Sources successful the Department of Homeland Security told Fox News connected Tuesday that the suspected pack member, whom they identified arsenic Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco, was arrested wrong a Bronx flat and charged with kidnapping, battle and burglary.

Homeland Security Kristi Noem joins an ICE raid successful New York City connected Tuesday. Noem said communities volition beryllium safer due to the fact that of targeted raids that spell aft transgression amerciable immigrants.  (Department of Homeland Security)

Zambrano-Pacheco, 26, is the aforesaid antheral who was caught connected camera successful a video showing heavy equipped men kicking down an flat doorway astatine an flat analyzable successful Aurora, Colorado, the sources said. He was successful the state illegally.

Zambrano-Pacheco appeared successful Manhattan national tribunal connected Wednesday.

Noem confirmed that the pack subordinate arrested was progressive successful incidents successful Aurora, Colorado, that captured nationalist attraction successful August.

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She said President Donald Trump is taking enactment to spell aft criminals who are successful the state illegally contempt immoderate Democratic leaders opposing the effort.

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"What was astonishing is you'll perceive radical and Democrat leaders successful antithetic cities, similar New York City, immoderate of their metropolis assembly members person tried to onslaught what we're doing arsenic acold arsenic enforcing our laws," she said. "But the radical connected the streets are not with them." 

"It was astonishing to perceive radical and spot them arsenic they walked by taking their kids to school, going to work, conscionable locomotion by america and softly accidental convey you, convey you for being here," Noem continued. "And that means a satellite to those officers that are retired determination risking their lives to bring information back."

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Tyreek Goodman, a subordinate of the Bronx County Conservative Party, said the menace of the gang's convulsive crimes had sowed fearfulness wrong the community.

"You bash person the feeling, the fearfulness of what happens if they travel present next," Goodman, who is simply a metropolis assembly candidate, told Fox News Digital. "There's been a batch of crimes connected the MTA, based disconnected radical that weren't expected to beryllium here. So we person to recognize that successful bid to support our radical safe, this is simply a clip for america to basal by instrumentality enforcement."

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As the Trump medication continues to determination rapidly to fulfill its committedness to mass deport unsafe overseas criminals, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) connected Wednesday issued an update that the bureau made 1016 arrests and issued 814 detainers successful a azygous day.

Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.