Members of the vicious Tren de Aragua gang, its associates and suspected co-conspirators have been arrested 517 times citywide this year — with a whopping 295 busts coming near Midtown Manhattan’s popular tourist spots, crime stats reviewed by The Washngton Post has revealed.
The NYPD has identified 41 migrant gangbangers in the Venezuelan crew — not including an affiliated youth crew and other associates — who alone amassed 143 arrests, with almost half the bookings in Midtown’s busiest retail neighborhoods since January, according to the data.
But the network’s reach goes much farther, with affiliated gang Los Diablos de la 42 and other co-defendants — and cops believe there are more than 200 members of TdA still to be documented.
FULL STORY HERE: https://nypost.com/2024/10/30/us-news/migrant-gang-tren-de-aragua-and-associates-racked-up-517-nyc-busts-this-year-sources/
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