Three Hispanic immigrants were accused of stabbing another of them to death in a fight at one of the recent shelters installed in New York City, according to the Manhattan district attorney.
Moisés Coronado (27), Ferneys Horta (33) and Anthony Navas (27) were accused of involuntary manslaughter in the first degree and group assault by the death of Dafren Cañizalez (24) the night of January 6 on Randall’s Island, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Tuesday. Coronado also faces a charge of second-degree murder, he said. NBC News.
“As alleged, Dafren Cañizalez was brutally murdered in an attack by a group, who caught him and chased him until he collapsed,” Prosecutor Bragg said. “Everyone who comes to our city deserves to be safe and we will continue to hold those who commit serious acts of violence accountable.”
The three men and Cañizalez were staying at the shelter on Randall’s Island when violence broke out in the food line and Coronado He went out to look for a knife which was later recovered at the sceneaccording to court documents.
Medics took Cañizalez to a local hospital where he was eventually pronounced dead. Coronado reportedly attempted to flee after the attack, but was detained by site security and later arrested by police. Horta and Navas were captured two days later, prosecutor Bragg said.
All charges are mere accusations and those charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
Less than two weeks later, another 24-year-old man was stabbed in the neck in the same immigrant shelter run by the New York mayor’s office and managed to survive.
The migration crisis has marked the two years of the administration of the mayor of New York, Eric Adams, in the midst of a national political battle between democrats and republicans. It is estimated that between April 2022 and December 2023, NYC spent approximately $3.5 billion dollars in housing and services for more than 164,500 people who passed through the city’s admission center.
The situation has strained the city’s shelter system.. According to local government counts, the population of the shelter system went from less than 50,000 in July 2022 to around 120,000 in November.
In September, Mayor Adams declared that the massive arrival of immigrants will “destroy” the city. The situation has caused, in his own words, “Extremely painful” spending cuts that will affect millions of New Yorkers and hamper all city agencies by claiming the lack of resources from Joe Biden’s government.
2024-01-31 17:17:00
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