{"id":282965,"date":"2025-10-07T01:59:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T01:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/282965\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T01:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T01:59:14","slug":"dhs-arrests-gang-members-and-drug-traffickers-in-chicago-operation-midway-blitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/282965\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS arrests gang members and drug traffickers in Chicago Operation Midway Blitz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have arrested a slew of Chicago\u2019s “worst-of-the-worst” offenders, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Monday.<\/p>\n

The statement came as violence and unrest engulfed parts of the city which is suffering from mounting street violence and protests against federal operations.<\/p>\n

The string of arrests, DHS said, targeted violent gang members, child abusers, and drug traffickers as part of Operation Midway Blitz<\/a>, an ongoing crackdown on criminal illegal immigrants across Illinois.<\/p>\n

DHS \u2018BLITZES\u2019 CHICAGOLAND, NETTING \u2018MANY ARRESTS\u2019 AS NOEM ONSITE FOR IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Wilmer <\/p>\n

Wilmer Alexander Gonzalez Garaban, a criminal illegal immigrant and confirmed Tren de Aragua gang member from Venezuela. (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)<\/p>\n

The DHS statement, titled “Despite Multiple Vehicle Attacks by Domestic Terrorists, DHS Law Enforcement Arrests Worst of Worst” listed several suspects taken into custody.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Among them was Wilmer Alexander Gonzalez Garaban, an alleged member of Venezuela\u2019s Tren de Aragua gang with a criminal history of theft and resisting an officer.<\/p>\n

Ricardo Gervasio-Gervasio was included as a repeat offender convicted of drug crimes and DUI.<\/p>\n

Jorge Mario Ramirez-Lopez, a criminal illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was also listed and has a conviction for <\/strong>larceny.<\/p>\n

Ricardo Gervasio-Gervasio, from Mexico, who has convictions for cocaine possession, driving under the influence of liquor and dangerous drugs was also referenced.<\/p>\n

Officials cited other individuals who were apprehended for assault, fraud, illegal reentry, and aggravated assault.<\/p>\n

HUNDREDS OF FEDERAL AGENTS IN CHICAGO CARRY OUT OPERATION TARGETING SUSPECTED TREN DE ARAGUA GANG MEMBERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Jorge <\/p>\n

Jorge Mario Ramirez-Lopez, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, who has a conviction for larceny. <\/p>\n

Secretary Kristi Noem<\/a> praised agents and officers’ persistence in the statement and said their efforts were despite violent resistance.<\/p>\n

“We will not let violence by domestic terrorists and lawless rioters in Chicago slow us down from fulfilling the President\u2019s mandate to arrest the worst of the worst,” Noem declared.<\/p>\n

DHS claims that Operation Midway Blitz, launched in early September, has already led to over 1,000 arrests statewide, representing a major escalation in federal enforcement.<\/p>\n

One of the most dramatic incidents occurred on October 4 in Chicago\u2019s Brighton Park neighborhood, where agents were reportedly surrounded by several vehicles, one of which rammed a federal car<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ICE ARRESTS ‘PEDOPHILES, RAPISTS, ABUSERS’ IN CHICAGO SANCTUARY CITY CRACKDOWN OPERATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Pedro <\/p>\n

Pedro Navajas-Contreras, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, who has three prior convictions for driving under the influence. <\/p>\n

In the chaos, agents opened fire, striking a driver who was hospitalized and later charged.<\/p>\n

In a separate case in Franklin Park, ICE agents shot and killed Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, who authorities said attempted to flee and dragged an officer during a vehicle stop.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The killing sparked fresh outrage and protests, with activists questioning the proportionality of the agents\u2019 actions.<\/p>\n

Emma Bussey is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital. Before joining Fox, she worked at The Telegraph with the U.S. overnight team, across desks including foreign, politics, news, sport and culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":282966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,17246,5386,1818,409,115606],"class_list":["post-282965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-chicago","tag-homeland-security","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-immigration","tag-us-protests"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115330414510943140","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}