Exclusive | Migrant Tren de Aragua punks brawl with NYPD cops in wild Times Square melee

A rowdy mob of Tren de Aragua gangbangers turned on a pair of NYPD cops in Times Square in a shocking caught-on-video assault — the second migrant attack on New York’s Finest in the tourist hot spot in less than two years.The cowardly attack came after the Friday night boxing match between Ryan Garcia and Rolly Romero in the Crossroads of the World, with the two cops jumped while trying to stop the asylum seeking thugs from robbing a pair of youngsters, law enforcement sources said.At least three of the brutes were rounded up by Sunday afternoon — including a 12-year-old reputed ring leader — with police identifying the mob as members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and a baby-faced offshoot of the crew known as Diablos de la 42, or Devils of 42nd Street, the sources said.At least three in the mob were already sought for a string of shocking robberies in Central Park — and were caught red-handed trying to pull off another heist when two cops intervened, they said.“Is this what a sanctuary city is supposed to be?” one frustrated cop asked.“One of these kids was 11 years old when he was the ringleader of that Central Park robbery pattern.“What is it going to take for some of this policy to change when you have an 11, now 12-year-old, running around — or anybody — committing these crimes?” the source said.

“When is common sense going to prevail? Don’t we have a moral obligation?”An NYPD spokesperson said Sunday that two of the migrants — 16 and 17 years old — were charged with obstructing governmental administration, riot and menacing, with the older teen also charged with assault on a police officer, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon.The sources said the 12-year-old was also taken into custody and released pending a family court hearing, with at least three others in the gang under investigation for the attack.None of their names were released because of their ages.Police said the migrants were all livin...