Three arrested after feds raid NYC home of alleged gun-toting, drug-dealing migrant squatters

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Three arrested after feds raid NYC home of alleged gun-toting, drug-dealing migrant squatters

Federal agents arrested three people during a Wednesday raid at the Bronx home of a group of gun-toting, drug-dealing migrant squatters — as immigration authorities moved to deport one of the crew busted at the troublesome house.

The raid by Homeland Security came a day after The Post reported on the chaos the squatters brought since they took over the multifamily dwelling and before eight migrants were busted on gun and drug charges last week.

Federal agents raided the Bronx house where migrant squatters were living and allegedly selling drugs. Matthew McDermott
Three people were arrested in the raid. Matthew McDermott
Federal agents leading a woman out of the Hull Avenue house. Matthew McDermott
Eight migrants were busted on drug and gun charges at the house last week. Matthew McDermott

A Post reporter witnessed nearly a dozen agents bring out a handcuffed man and woman — both of whom were speaking Spanish — on Wednesday afternoon.

The third suspect, another man, was quiet as agents walked him to their vehicles.

The interior of the Bronx house raided by Homeland Security agents. Matthew McDermott
Neighbors told The Post that the squatters would keep the neighborhood up late at night with their loud motorbikes. Matthew McDermott
Neighbors witnessed the squatters selling drugs in the yard. Matthew McDermott

A spokesperson for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency confirmed the raids, but wouldn’t give specific information about what agents were looking for.

Meanwhile, the man arrested on gun charges last week arrived back at the house and told The Post that he planned on moving out.

“I’m moving,” Hector Desousa-Villalta, age 24, said. “They tricked me into living there.”

Surveillance footage of the migrant squatters arrested last week in the Bronx.
Six of the eight migrants were released without bail.
Guns and drugs found in the Bronx home.
Suspected gunman Hector Desousa-Villalta is free on supervised release. Obtained by NY Post
Jefferson Orlando Abreau was release on his own recognizance. Obtained by NY Post

Desousa-Villalta — along with five of the eight migrants picked up last week — was cut loose after his arraignment on weapons and drug charges.

Two others — Javier Alborno and Miguel Vaamondes-Barrios — were held on bail after their hearings.

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