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A group of eight <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration/illegal-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">migrants</a> who sources said were found squatting in the basement of a New York City apartment with a child are facing drugs and weapons charges after police found ketamine, cocaine and guns at the home. The NYPD busted the migrants Wednesday after authorities were called to a Bronx apartment following a report of a person displaying a gun just after 10 p.m., <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">police said</a>. When police arrived, they found a man pointing a gun at someone in the driveway of the apartment at 3259 Hull Ave., NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell told the New York Post. But the suspect took off when the police approached him and fled into the building’s basement, he added.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BORDER CRISIS IMPACTS IMMIGRATION</a>The officers allegedly chased and tackled the man, who they later identified as Hector Desousa-Villalta, 24, of Venezuela, who was arrested for attempted murder last year and subsequently let go. While police were collaring Desousa-Villalta, another man, Javier Alborno, 22, also of Venezuela, tried to sneak out of the same basement with a handgun tucked under his arm. But the officers saw him and cuffed him too, Chell added. Alborno is also no stranger to law enforcement, having been arrested in September and indicted for possession of a loaded gun.A search of the basement apartment revealed two additional guns and a large quantity of a controlled substance, police said. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/boston-mayor-silent-sanctuary-city-policies-amid-migrant-crime-reports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BOSTON MAYOR SILENT ON SANCTUARY CITY POLICIES AMID MIGRANT CRIME REPORTS</a>The weapons included a "ghost gun" and three extended magazines, a box of ammunition, a bag of ketamine and a bag of ketamine mixed with cocaine, the Post reported, citing Chell.Police also found a 7-year-old child inside the apartment. The NYPD was unable to say who the child’s parents are. Many of the eight suspects are from the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/travel/regions/south-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">South American country</a> and all of them were squatting in the house, Fox News sources say.Video from the scene shows bags of trash, a chair, a mattress and other items strewn across the backyard of the property. There is also an inflatable pool partly filled with water and a moped at the side of the house. A wheelchair could also be seen on the front porch. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegal-immigrant-charged-rape-virginia-ice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ICE AGENTS RECAPTURE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED WITH RAPE WHO WAS RELEASED ONTO STREETS IN VIRGINIA</a>Alfred Munoz, a neighbor, described what he saw."There were a lot of people, a lot of young people, a lot of motorcycles," Munoz told WNYW. "You know, at one point, you know, there were seven, eight motorcycles parked in the back."Documents viewed by Fox News Digital reveal that the landlord moved to evict the tenants of the building in October after their lease term ended Oct. 13. It does not name the tenants. It is unclear if people are still squatting at the house.In total, eight people, including one woman, 20-year-old Yoessy Pino Castillo, were arrested in relation to last week’s incident. The remaining men collared were Yerbin Lozado-Munoz, 25, Yojairo Martinez, 42, Miquel Vaamondes-Barrios, 31, Jefferson Orlando Abreau, 39, Johan Cardenas Silva, 35.All eight were charged with criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a controlled substance and acting in a manner injurious to a child, police say.Desousa-Villalta, who was allegedly waving a gun last Wednesday, was cut loose without bail despite the Bronx District Attorney's Office telling Fox News that prosecutors asked that he be held on $150,000 bail.He allegedly shot a fellow migrant in the leg during an argument over a woman in Yonkers in August 2023, but the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/homicide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attempted murder case</a> fell apart when the victim refused to cooperate, Chell said, according to the Post.Alborno, who police say also had a gun Wednesday night, was still in custody as of Tuesday, the Bronx DA's office said. Alborno was indicted for possession of a loaded gun in September and cut loose after that incident even though the Bronx district attorney requested $10,000 bail, the Post reported, citing Chell.Vaamondes-Barrios is also being held and wanted for retail theft and shoplifting in both New York and Pennsylvania. The remaining six migrants have all been let go without bail despite the Bronx DA requesting bail for them.Fox News' Jennifer Johnson contributed to this report.

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content: A group of eight <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration/illegal-immigrants"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">migrants</a> who sources said were found squatting
 in the basement of a New York City apartment with a child are facing drugs and weapons
 charges after police found ketamine, cocaine and guns at the home. The NYPD
 busted the migrants Wednesday after authorities were called to a Bronx apartment
 following a report of a person displaying a gun just after 10 p.m., <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">police said</a>. When police arrived, they
 found a man pointing a gun at someone in the driveway of the apartment at 3259 Hull
 Ave., NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell told the New York Post. But the suspect took
 off when the police approached him and fled into the building’s basement, he added.<a
 href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BORDER
 CRISIS IMPACTS IMMIGRATION</a>The officers allegedly chased and
 tackled the man, who they later identified as Hector Desousa-Villalta, 24, of Venezuela,
 who was arrested for attempted murder last year and subsequently let go. While
 police were collaring Desousa-Villalta, another man, Javier Alborno, 22, also of
 Venezuela, tried to sneak out of the same basement with a handgun tucked under his
 arm. But the officers saw him and cuffed him too, Chell added. Alborno is also no
 stranger to law enforcement, having been arrested in September and indicted for
 possession of a loaded gun.A search of the basement apartment revealed two
 additional guns and a large quantity of a controlled substance, police said. <a
 href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/boston-mayor-silent-sanctuary-city-policies-amid-migrant-crime-reports"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">BOSTON MAYOR SILENT ON SANCTUARY CITY POLICIES
 AMID MIGRANT CRIME REPORTS</a>The weapons included a "ghost gun"
 and three extended magazines, a box of ammunition, a bag of ketamine and a bag of
 ketamine mixed with cocaine, the Post reported, citing Chell.Police also
 found a 7-year-old child inside the apartment. The NYPD was unable to say who the
 child’s parents are. Many of the eight suspects are from the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/travel/regions/south-america"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">South American country</a> and all of them were squatting
 in the house, Fox News sources say.Video from the scene shows bags of trash,
 a chair, a mattress and other items strewn across the backyard of the property.
 There is also an inflatable pool partly filled with water and a moped at the side
 of the house. A wheelchair could also be seen on the front porch. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegal-immigrant-charged-rape-virginia-ice"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">ICE AGENTS RECAPTURE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED
 WITH RAPE WHO WAS RELEASED ONTO STREETS IN VIRGINIA</a>Alfred Munoz,
 a neighbor, described what he saw."There were a lot of people, a lot of young
 people, a lot of motorcycles," Munoz told WNYW. "You know, at one point, you know,
 there were seven, eight motorcycles parked in the back."Documents viewed
 by Fox News Digital reveal that the landlord moved to evict the tenants of the building
 in October after their lease term ended Oct. 13. It does not name the tenants. It
 is unclear if people are still squatting at the house.In total, eight people,
 including one woman, 20-year-old Yoessy Pino Castillo, were arrested in relation
 to last week’s incident. The remaining men collared were Yerbin Lozado-Munoz, 25,
 Yojairo Martinez, 42, Miquel Vaamondes-Barrios, 31, Jefferson Orlando Abreau, 39,
 Johan Cardenas Silva, 35.All eight were charged with criminal possession
 of a weapon, criminal possession of a controlled substance and acting in a manner
 injurious to a child, police say.Desousa-Villalta, who was allegedly waving
 a gun last Wednesday, was cut loose without bail despite the Bronx District Attorney's
 Office telling Fox News that prosecutors asked that he be held on $150,000 bail.He
 allegedly shot a fellow migrant in the leg during an argument over a woman in Yonkers
 in August 2023, but the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/homicide"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">attempted murder case</a> fell apart when the victim
 refused to cooperate, Chell said, according to the Post.Alborno, who police
 say also had a gun Wednesday night, was still in custody as of Tuesday, the Bronx
 DA's office said. Alborno was indicted for possession of a loaded gun in
 September and cut loose after that incident even though the Bronx district attorney
 requested $10,000 bail, the Post reported, citing Chell.Vaamondes-Barrios
 is also being held and wanted for retail theft and shoplifting in both New York
 and Pennsylvania. The remaining six migrants have all been let go without
 bail despite the Bronx DA requesting bail for them.Fox News' Jennifer
 Johnson contributed to this report.
summary: Eight migrants found squatting in a Bronx house with a young child have been
 arrested on drug and weapons charges after cocaine, ketamine, guns and ammunition
 were found.
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