Posted on October 27, 2024

Tren de Aragua Member Trafficked 15-Year-Old NYC Runaway While Free on Attempted-Slay Rap: Cops

Jennie Taer et al., New York Post, October 22, 2024

A suspected Tren de Aragua gang member was freed without bail on a Big Apple attempted murder rap — and just nabbed sex-trafficking a 15-year-old New York City runaway, authorities say.

Enyerbert Blanco, 27, of Venezuela had first been caught illegally crossing into Texas in May 2023 and ordered removed — but for some reason ended up in a holding center in Elizabeth, NJ, and freed a month later, officials and law-enforcement sources say.

He went on to open fire at a man in The Bronx, racking up an attempted murder rap and then released without bail, authorities said.

Blanco was then picked up for drugs in Miami, Fla., fewer than two weeks ago — and freed again, officials said.

Last week, he was nabbed again — this time for allegedly sex-trafficking minor. He is finally being held by Florida authorities.

“This is a really bad guy,” Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said at a press conference Monday.

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“How broken this system is,” the sheriff fumed. “Here’s a guy deported. Now he’s illegally back in the country for a second time. So obviously whatever this vetting system is at the border ain’t working. The border’s not closed. Illegals are still coming in.

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According to police, the teen trafficked by Blanco had run away from the Big Apple on Sept. 12 and was taken to Florida for prostitution by Blanco and 33-year-old Yenire Karolina Pache Coleiton.

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Pache Coleiton, an illegal Colombian national, was charged with 10 counts of human trafficking of a minor and one count of interference with custody, according to WFLX-TV News.

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Blanco had been in jail in New York City previously, after he allegedly opened fire on a Bronx man at Selwyn Avenue and Mount Eden Avenue on Oct. 22, 2023. The victim was not hit, but cops charged Blanco with attempted murder, gun possession and reckless endangerment.

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