Eight migrants have been charged so far in the Jan. 27 mob attack on two NYPD cops in Times Square, with up to 14 suspects believed to have been involved in the assault, officials and law-enforcement sources said.
All of the asylum-seekers are Venezuelan natives, sources said — and at least two of them have been identified by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials as members of the notorious Venezuelan street gang known as “Tren de Aragua,” or Aragua Train, a former railroad labor union.
Here is a look at the suspects:
Yohenry Brito
, 24
Arrested on Jan. 31 and charged with assault on a police officer and obstructing governmental administration, Brito is among seven suspects who were later indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
Police said Brito was the initial instigator in the assault by refusing to leave the scene when cops asked the rowdy group to move along.
In addition to the assault and obstruction charges, Brito was also indicted for tampering with physical evidence.