Exclusive | Reputed Tren de Aragua gangsters nabbed in NYC felony drug raid — only to be cut loose with a slap on the wrist

Jose Tamaronis-Caldera, 27, and Richard Garcia, 33, both linked to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, were broken on felony medicine and gun charges in a Feb. 5 raid at V&R Car and Accident in Woodside, together with 54-year-old store owner Rafael Nieves, according to resources and court records.

“Our workplace requested supervised launch and the court approved supervised launch,” they said. “The fees versus the other two defendants, Garcia and Tamaronis-Caldera, are for possession of an air-CO2 gun and are not bail eligible.”

Nieves, that faced the most severe charges, had his drug and weapon possession fees knocked down too, with the new counts not eligible for bond under the state’s controversial criminal justice reforms.

The resources claimed the evidence confiscated in the raid consisted of a large stock of cocaine, a.40-caliber Glock Gen 22 and more than $3,100 in cash money, and all of the suspects were charged with second-degree criminal property of a tool and fifth-degree criminal property of a dangerous drug.

“These are not misdirected people,” a law enforcement source informed The Blog post. “They’re recorded members of a known violent criminal business, a gang that has planted their flag below by setting themselves in narcotics, gun and human trafficking– and the very best we can do is allow them out?