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Migrants armed with loaded AR-15s attack police in blue town, then freed
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Migrants armed with loaded AR-15s attack police in blue town, then freed

A pair of suspected migrants – one of whom was strapped with a loaded machine gun – wanders around New York City streets again after attacking two police officers while resisting arrest last week.

Abraham Sosa, 20, who lives above a day care center in the Bronx, was spotted entering and urinating in an unauthorized area of ​​a subway station tunnel in the Bronx on Nov. 5 around 4:30 p.m. , when the police approached him and asked him repeatedly. identity, which he declined to provide, the NYPD told Fox News Digital.

Officers then tried to arrest Sosa on the north platform of Kingsbridge tube station, but he resisted by “stabbing his arms and refusing to be handcuffed”, police said.

A brief struggle then ensued with 20-year-old Christopher Mayren, who stepped in to interfere with the arrest.

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AR-15 seized by NYPD

AR-15 seized by NYPD (NYPD)

During the altercation, a loaded and tampered with PA-15 firearm fell out of Sosa’s backpack, according to police.

Mayren also hit one of the officer’s body cameras on the subway line.

Both were taken into custody and Mayren was later found in possession of one of the officer’s cell phones.

Two officers suffered non-life threatening injuries and were transported to area hospitals. Both were knocked to the ground during the struggle, according to a criminal complaint.

Sosa was hit with a number of charges, including criminal possession of a machine gun, criminal possession of a loaded firearm and defaced weapon, resisting arrest and obstruction of government administration.

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Migrants arrive in New York

FILE – Migrants who arrived from Eagle Pass, Texas, walk to shelters at Floyd Bennett Field in the Brooklyn borough of New York on February 3, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/AFP)

He was also slapped with trespassing, assaulting a police officer and assault, as well as 25 counts of criminal possession of a weapon with a bullet, says the police.

Mayren was charged with obstruction of governmental administration, criminal mischief, criminal possession of stolen property, petit larceny, aggravated harassment and harassment.

Mayren was released without bail and Sosa was sent to Rikers Island on $25,000 bail, which he posted Nov. 12, the Bronx district attorney’s office told Fox News Digital.

The NYPD tells Fox News Digital that neither Sosa nor Mayren have any prior arrests.

Sosa initially claimed he injured his ankle.

“Really?” Sosa told the officers, according to the criminal complaint. “To use the bathroom?

“But I hurt my ankle,” he said. “Let me show you my ankle.”

The New York Postciting sources, reports that the two suspects are migrants. Post sources said a tattoo on Mayren’s arm links him to a vicious drug cartel.

Law enforcement is prohibited by law from disclosing a person’s immigration status. Fox News Digital has reached out to ICE for more information on these immigration status.

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Brawl in Times Square

A group of immigrants were captured beating two police officers in Times Square in January, sparking a national outcry. (Manhattan District Attorney via AP)

“It’s crazy,” a Bronx detective told The Post on Thursday. “You have a member of a Mexican cartel running around. That tattoo is a billboard for “I am a criminal. I don’t care about your laws.”

“Can it get any more dangerous than riding the subway with a loaded gun? And when he’s not on the train, he’s up next to the little kids in kindergarten,” they said. “These are two very dangerous scenarios.”

It’s not the first time migrants have been accused of attacking New York’s finest.

In a now viral video, a group of migrants was captured punching two police officers in Times Square in January, sparking a national scandal.