Federal agents arrested seven suspected members of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang after a on a NYC apartment, relying on an ankle monitor worn by one of the suspects. The operation was conducted by a federal task force that included Homeland Security Investigations and the NYPD.
Among those arrested was 28-year-old Venezuelan national Jarwin Valero-Calderon, whose court-ordered monitoring device led authorities to the hideout. Valero-Calderon has a history of arrests, including multiple charges for larceny in New York and New Jersey and a prior deportation order. Despite his record, he had remained free and evaded mandatory check-ins with immigration authorities. "Better late than never," a law enforcement officer told the New York Post while wondering why Valero-Calderon remained free after repeated arrests.
