{"id":82240,"date":"2025-07-22T04:22:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T04:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/82240\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T04:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T04:22:21","slug":"second-suspect-arrested-in-shooting-of-off-duty-us-customs-officer-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/82240\/","title":{"rendered":"Second suspect arrested in shooting of off-duty US customs officer in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The Trump administration lashed out Monday against New York City officials over their sanctuary policies as authorities arrested a second man living in the country illegally in connection with the nonfatal shooting of an off-duty<\/a> U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer.<\/p>\n

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem<\/a> called the two suspects, both from the Dominican Republic, \u201cscum of the earth.\u201d She said they\u2019d accumulated lengthy criminal records in just a few years and should not have been free to commit Saturday\u2019s robbery-gone-wrong in a Manhattan park.<\/p>\n

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NYPD police commissioner Jessica Tisch speaks during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig, File)<\/p>\n

NYPD police commissioner Jessica Tisch speaks during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig, File)<\/p>\n

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Noem blamed the mayor and city council, nearly all Democrats, saying \u201cthe people that were in charge of keeping the public safe refused to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Border czar Tom Homan, meanwhile, vowed the administration would \u201cflood the zone\u201d with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents following the shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo sanctuary cities get exactly what they don\u2019t want: more agents in the community,\u201d he said alongside Noem and other officials during a news conference at CBP\u2019s offices in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

New York and other cities have longstanding laws and policies that limit or restrict local government involvement in federal immigration enforcement. New York Democrats also passed a 2019 law abolishing pretrial incarceration for most nonviolent offenses, modifying a system that had previously allowed wealthier defendants to go free while they awaited trial by paying bail, while denying release to those who didn\u2019t have the money.<\/p>\n

Christhian Aybar Berroa, who authorities accused of being the getaway driver, was apprehended early Monday, officials said.<\/p>\n

The man accused of being the shooter, Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, was arrested Sunday after arriving at a Bronx hospital with gunshot wounds to the groin and leg. Police say Mora Nunez shot the Customs and Border Protection officer in the face and arm before being wounded and fleeing.<\/p>\n

The 42-year-old officer, who was not in uniform, had been sitting with a woman in a park beneath the George Washington Bridge when two men approached on a moped, according to police. When he realized he was being robbed, the officer drew his service weapon. Both he and one of the robbers fired, police said. <\/p>\n

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Traffic moves over the George Washington Bridge as seen from Fort Lee, N.J., Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo\/Pablo Salinas)<\/p>\n

Traffic moves over the George Washington Bridge as seen from Fort Lee, N.J., Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo\/Pablo Salinas)<\/p>\n

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The officer, who has not been identified by authorities, is recovering and is expected to survive, Noem said. He works for Customs and Border Protection, whose officers are stationed at airports and other border crossings.<\/p>\n

No lawyers were listed for Aybar Berroa or Mora Nunez on the federal court case database.<\/p>\n

Aybar Berroa has been arrested at least four times since his arrival in the U.S. in 2022, according to Noem. <\/p>\n

She said he\u2019d been ordered deported by a federal immigration judge in 2023, but New York City officials ignored a request that he be detained so federal agents could take him into custody.<\/p>\n

Police say Mora Nunez, 21, entered the country illegally in 2023 and had two prior arrests for domestic violence in New York. He is wanted in New York to face accusations of robbery and felony assault, and in Massachusetts over a stolen weapons case.<\/p>\n

Mayor Eric Adams, at a separate press conference, distanced himself from the so-called sanctuary city policies<\/a> that Noem and other federal officials blamed for the shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always been clear: stop the revolving door system,\u201d said the former police captain, who has long called for increased cooperation<\/a> between city police and federal immigration authorities. \u201cGo after the dangerous migrants and asylum seekers.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the same time, Adams said the city\u2019s sanctuary policies were enacted in order to encourage otherwise law-abiding immigrants to seek police help or medical care without fear of being deported.<\/p>\n

Adams issued an executive order<\/a> earlier this year allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies to maintain office space at the city\u2019s notorious Rikers Island jail complex.<\/p>\n

That plan, a priority for President Donald Trump\u2019s nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration, was blocked by a state judge<\/a> last month. <\/p>\n

The City Council had sued<\/a>, casting it as a concerning potential case of Adams changing city policy in return for Trump\u2019s Justice Department dropping corruption charges<\/a> against him.<\/p>\n

The New York Civil Liberties Union and other immigrant advocates criticized Noem and federal officials on Monday for \u201cexploiting a tragedy\u201d to further the Republican administration\u2019s immigration agenda.<\/p>\n

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