Outrage as cop-beater deported by the United States gets hero's welcome by top Venezuelan official
An undocumented migrant who was convicted of beating a New York Police officer was treated to a heros welcome by a high-ranking Venezuelan official.
An undocumented migrant who was convicted of beating a New York Police officer was treated to a heros welcome by a high-ranking Venezuelan official.
Footage showed Darwin Gómez being embraced by Diosdado Cabello, the countrys Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace, just moments after he had stepped out of a deportation flight in Caracas on Monday.
The 19-year-old made a beeline for Cabello and thanked him.
I am grateful boss. You dont know, Gómez said as he shook Cabellos hand and refused to let go.
Onward, youre already in your land, Cabello replied before imploring Gómez to embrace his family on his behalf.
The giddy teenager then stretched out his arms and said, Give me a hug boss, as he locked arms with Cabello, who is wanted by the United States for drug trafficking.
Gómez was among 199 migrants who were deported from the United States to Venezuela via Honduras.
The deportation flight landed during the early hours of Monday and was the first after both governments reached an agreement to resume repatriation flights.
Darwin Gómez (left) approached to hug Venezuelas Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, just moments after stepping out of a deportation flight in Caracas on Monday. The 19-year-old was arrested on January 27, 2024 for the brutal beating of two NYPD cops in Times Square before being sentenced to 364 days after accepting a plea deal
New York Police Department detectives escort Darwin Gómez on February 14, 2024, a day after he participated in a violent robbery at a Macys store, where one of his accomplices beat a security guard
U.S. Border Patrol agents had stopped Gómez for illegally crossing the Mexico-United States border near the Rio Grande Valley in Texas on August 23, 2023.
He voluntarily returned to Mexico via the Brownsville Port of Entry two days later.
Gómez was against busted for illegally crossing the border October 3, 2023.
This time, he was released with a noticed to appear before an immigration judge for a hearing in Memphis on June 4, 2024.
Gómez eventually settled in New York City and was arrested January 27, 2024, after he and a group of migrants assaulted two NYPD cops in Time Square.
He was released without bail two days later but was later nabbed for his role in the February 13 violent robbery at Macys, where one of his accomplices assaulted a security guard while he was acting as the lookout.
Gómez pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in cop assault trial on July 29 and was sentenced to 364 days in prison.
The teenager served just eight months of his sentence before being placed in custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on October 10.
Darwin Gómez was also arrested for participating in a robbery at a Macys in New York in February 13, 2024, just two weeks after he was apprehended for beating two cops in Times Square
Darwin Gómez was one of five migrants who were charged for the brutal beating of two NYPD cops in Times Square on January 27, 2024
Venezuelan 19-year-old Darwin Gómez served eight months out of the 364-day jail sentence for beating two police officers in Times Square in January 2024 before he was placed in custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Its unknown of Gómez was a member of the Tren de Aragua, the Venezuela-based gang that spread its operations to the United States with the arrival of undocumented migrants.
The gang was designated as a foreign terrorist group by President Donald Trump when he took office January 20.
More than 200 migrants, identified as members of the notorious gang, were transferred from the United States to El Salvador earlier this month.
The move was made possible after after the Central American nations president, Nayib Bukele, offered to house prisoners in his country following a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in February.