Posted on: January 30, 2025 08:25 AM

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Ten alleged Tren de Aragua members and associate indicted for gun trafficking operations in queens the Bronx and Manhattan

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced today that 10 people have been indicted and variously charged with criminal sale of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon, conspiracy and other crimes for their alleged roles in a gun trafficking operation that conducted firearm sales throughout New York City including Queens. A long-term undercover investigation, dubbed Operation Train Derail and done in conjunction with the NYPD, resulted in the seizure of 34 guns including two assault rifles and 48 grams of a drug cocktail known as tusi or “pink cocaine.”

NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch said: “Tren de Aragua is one of the most dangerous gangs in the country, and the NYPD has taken significant action to shut down their operations in New York City. Today’s indictment makes clear that we will not let them terrorize our streets with illegal guns, assault weapons, and dangerous narcotics that threaten all our communities. I want to thank Queens District Attorney Katz for her partnership in this effort and the dedicated detectives of the NYPD for their relentless work to make New Yorkers safe.”

The defendants (See Addendum) are variously charged in a 120-count indictment with criminal sale of a firearm in the first degree and third degrees; criminal possession of a firearm; criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees; criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree; attempted criminal sale of a firearm in the first degree; and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree.

Two defendants are in custody on other matters and will be arraigned at a later date. Enyerbert Blanco, the alleged ringleader, has been in custody in Florida since October after being charged in connection with a human trafficking case involving a 15-year-old girl. Oscar Sosa is in custody in Brooklyn on an unrelated federal firearms trafficking charge.