The married Tren de Aragua gangbangers who were shot after they tried to mow down border patrol agents in Portland were let loose by the Biden administration despite lengthy rap sheets, Homeland Security officials said.
A CBP agent opened fire on Venezuelan gangsters Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras after they “weaponized” their car fleeing a traffic stop Thursday, said a DHS statement.
Moncada, a suspected Tren de Aragua gang member, entered the US illegally in 2022 but was released by the Biden administration, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday.
The married Tren de Aragua gangbangers who were shot after they tried to mow down ICE agents in Portland were let loose by the Biden administration despite lengthy rap sheets. DHS
A CBP agent opened fire on Venezuelan gangsters Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras (above) after they “weaponized” their car fleeing a traffic stop Thursday. DHSSince being cut loose, he’s been busted for drunk driving, unauthorized use of a vehicle and has a final order of removal, the agency said.
Zambrano-Contreras allegedly “played an active role in a Tren de Aragua prostitution ring,” according to DHS. She entered the US in 2023 near El Paso, Texas, and was also let go by the Biden administration.
She was involved in a previous shooting in Portland, DHS said.
The two were married, law enforcement sources told CNN.
Moncada was shot in the arm, and Zambrano-Contreras was in the chest, according to the outlet.
Moncada was shot in the arm and Zambrano-Contreras in the chest. APThe agents had pulled over the vehicle and identified themselves to the pair inside – but the driver then allegedly tried to run them over, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said Thursday.
“Fearing for his life and safety, an agent fired a defensive shot. The driver drove off with the passenger, fleeing the scene,” she said.
Portland police said a man and a woman were found with gunshot wounds near Northeast 146th Avenue and East Burnside Street in Portland around 2:20 p.m. local time, after the man called authorities for help. The shooting happened about three miles away, cops said.
The pair were rushed to a local hospital in unknown conditions.
The FBI is handling the investigation.
The Portland shooting came the day after 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis on Wednesday, after federal authorities allege she hit him with her car while impeding an immigration operation.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem alleged that Good disobeyed orders and, similar to the situation in Portland, chose to “weaponize her vehicle” in an “attempt to kill or to cause bodily harm to agents.”
She slammed the incident as “an act of domestic terrorism.”
