Two Latinos were shot in Portland a day after Eileen Good in Minneapolis by Border Police and ICE agents. They were injured, but the injuries were not fatal. No one died. The Latinos were shot at because they were using their vehicle as a weapon and accelerated at the border patrol police. And it was learned afterwards that the two Latinos are members of the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua. So there's that. I'm sure it's nothing.
In an odd twist of almost everything, Portland Chief of Police, Bob Day, used his presser to cry crocodile tears in defense of the Latino comunidad and over how members of his community, meaning police in every city in America, have historically not listened to Latino voices. Weep, weep, sniff, sniff.
Portland Police @ChiefBobDay cries at a press conference after having to affirm that @DHSgov was correct in stating that the illegal Venezuelan migrants accused of trying to run down Border Patrol have ties to Tren de Aragua. Chief Day admitted that he hesitated to share the… pic.twitter.com/wxdT53yWsD
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) January 10, 2026
Portland Police @ChiefBobDay cries at a press conference after having to affirm that @DHSgov was correct in stating that the illegal Venezuelan migrants accused of trying to run down Border Patrol have ties to Tren de Aragua. Chief Day admitted that he hesitated to share the truth with the public.
On Jan. 8, Border Patrol non-fatally shot a man and a woman in east Portland after they allegedly tried to run down agents in a red pickup truck following a targeted stop. Internal communications about the incident, which was inaccurately blamed on ICE, were leaked to PDX ICE Watch by a Multnomah County first responder.
The entire city and state leadership, all run by Democrats, organized an emergency press conference to condemn the federal agents, reject DHS' statement and to express support with the violent suspects, who they called the "victims." Local and national media also misled the public about the shooting. A mob showed up to try to attack the ICE facility, leading to six arrests.
Read more:
Check out "Who Is the Suspected Tren de Aragua Sex Ring Operative in Alleged Border Patrol Portland Truck Attack?" Andy Ngo, Ngo Comment, January 9, 2026.
Michelle Del Rey produces a decent short review of Tren de Aragua at USA Today,
Two people who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says have ties to a Venezuelan gang were shot by Border Patrol agents on Jan. 8 during a vehicle stop in Portland, Oregon.
The gang, Tren de Aragua, was designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the U.S. Department of State in 2025.
“Tren de Aragua is a terrorist cartel that exploits our borders to bring murder, drugs, and chaos into American communities,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in December following the announcement of a nationwide crackdown on the gang.
Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras − the two individuals in Portland who DHS said had possible connections to a the gang − were shot after the driver attempted to "weaponize" his car and run agents over, the agency said in an X post on Jan. 8.
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The gang originated in a Venezuelan prison and has since developed into a “transnational criminal organization” led by Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as "Niño Guerrero," according to the U.S. Department of State and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The State Department said Guerrero Flores used his time in prison to expand the gang’s influence. As a result, Tren de Aragua has managed to gain control of gold mines in Venezuela and drug corridors on the Caribbean coast, a notice released by the department states.
Federal authorities have claimed that the gang also operates in Chile, Peru and the U.S. In December, Guerrero Flores was charged in a Manhattan federal court with racketeering, terrorism, drug importation and firearms offenses.
“As alleged, Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores has been the mastermind of Tren de Aragua’s evolution from a Venezuelan prison gang into a transnational terrorist organization that committed countless acts of violence, extortion, and drug trafficking all over North America, South America, and Europe,” U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton said in a statement.
