A group of eight illegal migrants who were found squatting in a Bronx, N.Y., apartment are now facing guns and weapons charges. All had been previously caught at the southern border and released, authorities said. (WNYW)
When police arrived, they found a man pointing a gun at someone in the driveway of the apartment at 3259 Hull Ave., NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell told the New York Post. The suspect took off when the police approached him and fled into the building’s basement, he added.
Some of the migrant squatters arrested last week were released. On Wednesday, three of them were taken into custody by federal authorities. Immigration authorities also lodged detainer requests for four migrants being held in local custody, an ICE spokesperson said.
One of the migrants arrested Wednesday was identified as Hector Desousa-Villalta, 24, who was previously arrested in August.
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A group of eight migrant squatters who shared an apartment with a child are facing gun and drug charges. (WNYW)
The three migrants subject to ICE detainers are Johan Jose Cardenas Silva, Yerbin Benjamin Lozada Munoz and Javier Jose Albornoz Marchan.
Silva entered the U.S. on Oct. 3, 2022 in Cardenas Del Rio, Texas, but was determined to have entered the country illegally at another time. In March 2023, a judge ordered him deported. However, he was released from custody on Oct. 6, 2023, but never reported to ICE.
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Munoz was taken into custody by border authorities near Eagle Pass, Texas, on Oct. 3, 2022, before being released.
Marchan entered the U.S. on May 6, 2023, near El Paso. He was arrested several times for suspected shoplifting, weapons possession, having a loaded firearm on school grounds and possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell.
Miguel Gregerio Barrios is the lone migrant suspect being sought.
Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
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