A pair of Venezuelan illegal aliens allegedly belonging to the foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua were apprehended by federal agents in connection to a December shooting in Chicago where three people were killed and five others were injured.
25-year-old Ricardo Granadillo Padilla and 24-year-old Edward Martinez Cermeno, who are suspected members of the violent Venezuelan gang, were picked up in recent months on immigration-related charges and will likely be charged soon in relation to ongoing criminal investigations involving the deadly shooting.
🚨BREAKING: Two criminal aliens with ties to Tren de Aragua were arrested by ICE in Chicago in connection to a mass shooting.pic.twitter.com/ili3C5J9Yy
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The murders took place at a birthday party where the majority of guests were from Venezuela and gang-related graffiti was found in the backyard of the house where the shooting occurred, according to Fox 32.
A neighbor told CBS News Chicago, “I got home from work, and I seen a lot of people at the house — it was like over 20 people — and shortly after, I started hearing shots — very loud shots — maybe, I don’t know, I can’t recall how many. It seems like it was a party. There’s always people at that house partying.”
ICE said Cermeno was arrested on Jan. 26 in Illinois before being released by a federal judge where he was eventually arrested a second time by ICE agents in Chicago for his illegal immigration status.
Padilla was armed when he was captured by ICE in Raleigh, North Carolina, in February after they found multiple guns, high-capacity magazines, narcotics and fraudulent documents in his Chicago residence the month before.
ICE also charged Padilla with illegally entering the U.S. and is holding him until the investigation over the shooting is completed.
Earlier this week, TWO MORE Venezuelan illegals were picked up by ICE, one suspected of murder and the other a member of Tren de Aragua.
The murder suspected was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, and the TdA gang member was nabbed in San Antonio, Texas.
The repercussions of Democrat open-border policies are still being felt by Americans as the Trump administration works day and night to deport the millions of criminals who were illegally brought into the country under the Biden admin.
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