"Immediately after a US border patrol agent shot two people in Oregon last month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the targets were vicious gang members connected to a prior shooting and alleged they had attempted to run over officers with their vehicle. In the weeks since, key parts of the federal government's narrative have fallen apart."
"According to a DHS press release and social media posts issued the following day, border patrol agents were conducting a targeted stop of a vehicle in Portland occupied by two members of Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang. Yorlenys Zambrano-Contreras, a woman in the passenger seat, had been involved in a Portland shooting last year, the agency wrote."
"During the border patrol stop, the driver, Luis Nino-Moncada, weaponized their vehicle against officers, DHS said, prompting an agent to defend himself and others by shooting the occupants. Zambrano-Contreras was hit in the chest, Nino-Moncada was hit in the arm and both were hospitalized, then taken into federal custody, DHS noted. The agents were uninjured."
On 8 January a US border patrol agent shot two people in Portland, Oregon, after a traffic stop. DHS initially asserted the occupants were Tren de Aragua gang members and that the driver attempted to run over officers. The occupants, Yorlenys Zambrano-Contreras and Luis Nino-Moncada, were wounded, hospitalized, and taken into federal custody; agents were uninjured. Court records show a DOJ prosecutor said prosecutors were not suggesting Nino-Moncada was a gang member. An FBI affidavit indicates Zambrano-Contreras was a reported victim, not a suspect, in the earlier incident. Lawyers say neither has prior convictions.
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