11 alleged teen Tren de Aragua gang members attack NYPD officers: police

Eleven teen members of the ultra-violent Venezuelan pack Tren de Aragua were allegedly progressive successful an onslaught against 2 NYPD officers connected Friday nighttime successful Times Square, constabulary sources told Fox News. 

Five of the suspects, each amerciable aliens from Venezuela, person been arrested successful transportation with the alleged attack, which progressive the migrant unit throwing solid bottles, basketballs and rocks astatine NYPD officers who were responding to a robbery.

The youngest fishy successful the onslaught is 12 years old, and the constabulary sources said that 2 of the children were picked up by their migrant parents, and 1 is being charged arsenic an big with riot and assault, according to police.

"It's horrific capable to beryllium a unfortunate of a crime," said Mayor Eric Adams successful a Tuesday media briefing. "But erstwhile idiosyncratic openly assaults a constabulary officer, you are attacking our awesome of safety, and it cannot beryllium tolerated."

Mayor Eric Adams gives a media briefing connected an alleged onslaught by teen Tren de Aragua pack members against NYPD Officers.  (NYC Mayor's Office)

Adams said he's heard from radical successful the metropolis who person said the suspects are excessively young for superior punishment, but helium said that's not the case. 

"People who prey connected guiltless radical indispensable beryllium held accountable. They indispensable beryllium brought to justice," helium said.

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NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch past work a prepared connection describing the incident. 

"Last week we saw a troubling incidental successful the bosom of Times Square, wherever NYPD officers came nether attack. On Friday astatine astir 7:30 p.m., cops assigned to ft posts successful the country of 42nd Street and 8th Avenue, and conscionable a artifact distant from a highly-anticipated boxing match, noticed astir 10 to 12 individuals opening to situation 3 others," she said.

"The officers engaged the radical and attempted to interruption up what appeared to beryllium a wolfpack-style robbery. Instead, they were ambushed [and] pelted with scooters, basketballs and different makeshift weapons," she continued. "This was a targeted attack. Planned, deliberate and carried retired with intent, and it volition not beryllium tolerated. Luckily, our officers are OK, and the probe that followed was fast, effectual and focused."

After an onslaught connected NYPD officers by teen Tren de Aragua pack members, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch addresses the media.  (NYC Mayors Office)

According to Tisch, constabulary identified a subset of Tren de Aragua pack members arsenic the suspected perpetrators conscionable hours aft the attack. 

"Our detectives got close to work, and wrong hours identified members of a convulsive radical known arsenic Los Diablos de 42, a subset of Tren de Aragua," she said. "Several of them are listed successful our pack database, and that's 1 of the reasons we caught galore of them truthful quickly."

She past admonished the metropolis assembly for "legislating against cops" and scolded them for trying to bash distant with that pack database. 

Tisch said a 5th idiosyncratic progressive successful the incidental was arrested Tuesday morning.

17 members of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua pack and members of the MS-13 gang, who were deported to El Salvador by the US successful San Salvador, El Salvador connected March 31, 2025. (El Salvador Press Presidency Office/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"So far, we've apprehended 5 individuals connected to this incident," she said. "Three were arrested the adjacent day, each repetition offenders, and each antecedently tied to citywide robbery patterns. A 4th turned himself successful connected Sunday, and conscionable this greeting we arrested a fifth, a 16-year-old recidivist. They look superior charges, including attempted felony assault, inciting a riot and reckless endangerment. "

She said much arrests are coming and erstwhile again repudiated metropolis officials for what she views arsenic weak-on-crime policies.  

"This is not low-level crime. It's organized unit carried retired by pack members that we've person already taken disconnected the streets for preying connected New Yorkers," she said. "And present they're back, ambushing cops successful the mediate of Times Square. It's not a fluke. It's a strategy failure. It's what happens erstwhile repetition offenders are allowed to rhythm done apprehension aft apprehension without meaningful accountability. It's what happens erstwhile determination are nary existent consequences."

Salvadoran constabulary officers escort alleged members of the Venezuelan pack Tren de Aragua precocious deported by the U.S. authorities to beryllium imprisoned successful the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, arsenic portion of an statement with the Salvadoran government, successful Tecoluca, El Salvador, successful this handout representation obtained March 16, 2025.  (Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via Reuters)

Police sources confirmed that the young suspects are known to police, and person been linked to dozens of robberies successful New York since 2022. However, each clip they person been arrested, they person been released backmost onto the streets.

NYPD confirmed Tuesday that 2 juveniles, a 16 and 17-year-old, were arrested and charged successful transportation with the alleged crimes connected Friday night. 

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One big suspect, Yeferxon Jose Mijares Hernandez, 19, was taken into custody connected Sunday. He is charged with second-degree obstructing governmental administration, second-degree riot and third-degree attempted assault.

"It was reported to the constabulary that connected Friday, May 2, 2025, astatine astir 1934 hours, 2 NYPD constabulary officers observed a physical altercation astatine the intersection of West 42 Street and 8 Avenue successful the confines of the Midtown South Precinct," the constabulary section said successful a connection asking for assistance successful identifying 3 much suspects.

Map of Tren de Aragua beingness successful the United States arsenic of December 2024. (Fox News Digital)

"Upon arrival, a assemblage dispersed, and 3 unidentified individuals remained connected scene. The archetypal idiosyncratic threw an umbrella astatine the officers, the 2nd idiosyncratic threw an chartless object, and the 3rd idiosyncratic attempted to onslaught 1 of the officers with a basketball," the connection said. "The unidentified individuals fled connected ft eastbound connected 42 Street towards 7 Avenue. There were nary injuries reported arsenic a effect of this incident."

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A large boxing lawsuit was held successful Times Square connected Friday night. The main lawsuit was a welterweight combat betwixt Ryan Garcia and Rolando "Rolly" Romero. Romero bested Garcia successful the competition.