Federal agents arrested dozens of immigrants wanted on criminal charges in New York City as part of escalated immigration enforcement. The operation, led by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, included the arrest of Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco, suspected of involvement in a gang-related shooting and kidnapping in Colorado. Two other men linked to the same video incident were arrested in New York in November.
A suspect wanted in the Dominican Republic in connection to two murders and a suspected gang member seen in a viral video entering a Colorado apartment with his alleged gun-toting crew were arrested by federal agents as part of ramped-up immigration enforcement in New York City.
An operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Drug Enforcement Administration agents along Ogden Avenue in the Bronx early Tuesday snared Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco. Authorities said the 26-year-old was part of a group of men, including members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, who entered an apartment in Aurora, Colorado, in Summer 2024 and were recorded on a widely viewed video.
A spokesperson for the DEA's New York office and two other law enforcement sources said another man arrested had been wanted in the Dominican Republic in connection with an investigation into two murders. No further information, including the man's identity, was immediately available. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, said Tuesday's arrests did not appear to be part of a “wholesale raid,” but rather an operation targeting specific people accused of crimes.
Egu, a correctional officer who is originally from Nigeria and has been a naturalized citizen for more than 15 years, said he didn’t venture out to investigate and did not know the man who was arrested. "We are seeing folks are afraid to go to work and participate in the economy, afraid to send kids to school or seek out health care," said Queens City Councilmember Tiffany Caban.
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