Border Patrol Agents Shoot Two Illegals Linked To Tren de Aragua In Portland

Update (Friday):

The Department of Homeland Security wrote on X that the two people shot by a federal agent in Portland, Oregon, in the overnight hours were associates of the Tren de Aragua.

“Two suspected Tren de Aragua gang associates—let loose on American streets by Joe Biden—weaponized their vehicle against Border Patrol in Portland. The agent took immediate action to defend himself and others, shooting them,” DHS said.

Key details from the attempted ramming attack by Tren de Aragua gang associates:

• The driver of the vehicle, Luis David Nico Moncada is a criminal illegal alien from Venezuela and suspected Tren de Aragua gang member. He illegally entered the U.S. in 2022 and was RELEASED into the country by the Biden administration. Since then, he was arrested for DUI and unauthorized use of a vehicle. He has a final order of removal.

• The passenger, Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras is a criminal illegal alien from Venezuela and is associated with Tren de Aragua. She illegally entered the U.S. in 2023 near El Paso, Texas, and was RELEASED into this country by the Biden administration. Since illegally entering, Contreras played an active role in a Tren de Aragua prostitution ring and was involved with a prior shooting in Portland.

Yesterday, two suspected Tren de Aragua gang associates—let loose on American streets by Joe Biden—weaponized their vehicle against Border Patrol in Portland. The agent took immediate action to defend himself and others, shooting them.

The driver of the vehicle, Luis David Nico… pic.twitter.com/E7qHKKfp6b

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) January 9, 2026

In February 2025, the Department of State classified the violent transnational criminal organization that originated in Venezuela and entered the U.S. under the Biden-Harris regime’s open-border policies as a foreign terrorist organization.

Let’s be very clear: these Tren de Aragua gang associates are the very same people the Democratic Party is defending, while its dark-money funded nonprofit network of “legal observers” obstructs federal agents through pressure campaigns that can easily spill over into tragic situations, as seen in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

Separately, more attention needs to be placed on so-called legal observers and who exactly is funding this, which, when combined with radical rhetoric from Democrats, has produced a nightmare on the ground. ICE agents have faced more than a 1,300% increase in assaults and a 3,200% increase in vehicle attacks, according to new figures released by DHS.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents shot two individuals in the sanctuary city of Portland on Thursday evening, according to local media. The incident comes one day after the ICE-involved shooting of an “ICE Watch” left-wing activist in Minneapolis on Wednesday. While details surrounding the Portland shooting remain scarce, the risk of overnight protests or riots is elevated, given the metro area’s established Antifa presence and left-wing activist networks.

Portland-based KATU reports:

Portland police said their officers were called to 102nd and Southeast Main Street at about 2:20 p.m., where they said they confirmed federal agents were involved in a shooting.

The condition of the two people who were shot wasn’t immediately known but Portland City Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney said as far as she knew they were still alive.

Portland police said at a 2:24 p.m., they had learned that a man who had been shot called to request help near Northeast 146th Avenue and East Burnside. Arriving officers found a man and a woman wounded from apparent gunshot wounds. Police confirmed federal agents were involved. The two people who were wounded were taken to the hospital.

“The call log also shows a 911 call from Border Patrol stated that a husband and wife who were shot almost ran the agent(s) over. ABC News is reporting that the shooting occurred near East Burnside and 141st Avenue,” citizen journalist Andy Ngo wrote on X.

Breaking: Two people have just been shot by Border Patrol during an immigration operation in Portland, Ore. Anti-ICE accounts have circulated screenshots alleging that a 911 dispatcher leaked to them information about a call for police assistance.

The call log also shows a 911… pic.twitter.com/IVukXHnGD7

— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) January 8, 2026

We must note that from Minneapolis to Portland, these incidents are escalating in sanctuary metro areas that are home to Antifa cells, Antifa-aligned groups, or left-wing activist nonprofit networks, suggesting a broader pattern of escalation. 

Choose your current conflict:

Minneapolis civil war
Drone strikes in Kyiv
ICE shooting in Portland
Second Iranian Revolution

Which way, Western Situation Monitor?

— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) January 9, 2026

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