A 12-year-old migrant boy with Tren de Aragua ties was arrested in a Times Square attack on a pair of NYPD police officers who were protecting two other kids from being robbed, police sources said Monday.
The same boy made headlines last year when he was arrested at age 11 in connection with a string of Central Park robberies in which a number of people had their cellphones stolen, police sources said.
The 12-year-old has ties to Diablos de la 42, or Devils of 42nd Street, an offshoot of Tren de Aragua, according to police sources.
In the Times Square episode, the two officers saw a group trying to rob two kids at W. 42nd St. and Eighth Ave about 7:35 p.m. Friday, and moved in to break it up. The group then turned on them, leaving the cops with minor injuries.
Two in the crowd threw items at the officers, including what appear to be a large rubber ball, video posted on X by Viral News NYC shows. An open-air boxing match in which Rolando Romero defeated Ryan Garcia had concluded in Times Square when the mayhem broke out.
Four suspects were nabbed, including the boy, who police sources said runs with a local offshoot of Tren de Aragua, the notorious Venezuelan gang that has come under renewed fire amid President Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation agenda. More here
