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Officials announced on Thursday that two illegal immigrants were accused in the shooting of an off-duty US Customs and Border Petrol Officer in New York City.
Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez and Christian Aybar Beroa – both from the Republic of Dominican – were arrested after shooting at Fort Washington Park on Saturday.
21-year-old Mora Nunez was accused of a count of “the possession of ammunition by an illegal foreign”, which is charged with a maximum sentence of 15 years, and 22-year-old Aybar-Baro was charged with accessory after the fact, which is a maximum sentence of seven years for the new York district, which is in accordance with the New York district for the new York district. Ricky J. Patel.
“As alleged, these defendants entered And spent years Patel said in a statement, “Our country illegally, and his criminal activity concluded, on Saturday night attacked one of our own.
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Christian Aybar Beroa, left and Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez have been accused after shooting an off-duty CBP officer in New York City on Saturday. (Department of Homeland Security)
Mora Nunez allegedly killed an off-duty CBP officer at Fort Washington Park in Manhattan and killed an officer in the right hand. The officer returned the fire, killing Mora Nunez before fleeing on a motorbike operated by Aybar-Baroa, who took the alleged gunman to a hospital.
Aybar-Baroa later tried to get rid of clothes worn during the alleged shooting as it was bloody. He talked about the need to get rid of the bloody clothes of suspected shooter from one of the family members of Mora Nunez.
Officials said the two suspects illegally entered the US and were subject to the order to remove the US.
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Both suspects illegally entered the US and are subject to the order to remove the US. (Getty image)
Many sources of American immigration and customs enforcement first told Fox News that the pair is considered to be the same man caught on a video in an armed robbery of a business in Leminster, Massachusetts in February.
Officials said that there is also a criminal history of Aybar-Baro in New York City which includes arrests for the second degree negligent threat in May 2023 and the fourth-degree hooliganism in March and April 2024.
The Homeland Security Department said that after the arrest of April 2024 and “despite an active ice custody, the New York City Department of Karcasions issued Berroa back to the NYC streets.”
According to DHS, he was arrested for negligent threats, careless driving and unlicensed driving in February this year by the police department of New York City in February this year.
Mora Nunez allegedly set fire to a CBP officer at Fort Washington Park in Manhattan and hit the officer in the right hand. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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DHS said, “On June 12, 2025, Beroa convicted Petit Laarne in the Bronx County Supreme Court. The petition was made in consolidation of all his previous arrests, and was conditionally discharged and allowed to roam the NYC streets,” DHS said earlier. “A judge gave a final order to remove Beroa on 3 January 2023.”
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tish said on Monday, “She was arrested eight times between March and April 2024 for Grand Lawrence and Dacoits, including a scooter in Bronx.” “He is also a suspect in at least four additional cases. He illegally entered the country through Texas in 2022.”
Fox News’ Greg Norman contributed to this report.
