Exclusive | ICE nabs 206 illegal migrant criminals in NYC including female Tren de Aragua member in fed-up building: Just happy to be rid of her

Immigration agents nabbed 206 illegal migrants in and around New York City during a massive operation last week that took wanton criminals and gangbangers off the streets, The Post has learned.Among those collared by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and other feds were 121 illegal migrants with criminal convictions or charges including murder, assault, arson and sex crimes against children, as well as a laundry list of drug and gun offenses.One suspect, Edimar Alejandra Colmenares Mendoza is a member of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, the feds say.She was picked up at a Bronx building that the NYPD previously raided in for gang members in January.Her neighbors had nothing good to say about the 22-year-old, with one telling The Post “good riddance.”“I’m just happy to be rid of her,” Cataline Gonzalez, 42, said.
“This building might not be much to look at, but there are good families living here with children who go to school every day and play in the hallways.We don’t need people coming from the outside and want to play by their own rules.”Some of the others were previously released from custody due to local jurisdictions refusing to honor immigration detainers and opting instead to turn them loose in their communities, ICE said.
One of the suspects was previously convicted of murder in the Philippines.In addition to the Tren de Aragua gang-banger, gang members from MS-13, Sureños and the 18th Street crews were among the violent offenders swept up in the “enhanced enforcement operation” undertaken by federal authorities, according to ICE.“Throughout this enhanced enforcement operation, we targeted the most dangerous alien offenders in some of the most crime-infested neighborhoods in and around the city of New York,” said acting ICE director Todd Lyons.Some of the worst offenders arrested in Tuesday’s sweeping raids included:Neighbors at 3724 Dekalb Ave.in the Bronx, where Colmenares Mendoza was busted, said they bel...