Video shows the moment a group of Venezuelan migrants allegedly attacked a 49-year-old man before robbing him as he rode a Chicago commuter train in February.
New video exclusively obtained by Fox shows the moment a group of Venezuelan migrants allegedly attacked and robbed a 49-year-old man while he rode a Chicago commuter train in February. The violent knifepoint attack saw one of the migrants put the man in a vicious chokehold, leaving the victim unconscious, although he later recovered. The suspects were arrested and appeared in court today. Three have been ordered to remain in custody while one was let out on electronic monitoring.
Another video then shows all four migrants and the victim congregating inside the cab before one of the migrants – wearing a red baseball cap backward – lunges for the victim, grabs him from behind and puts him in a chokehold. The migrant pulls the man to the ground in the chokehold before another migrant dressed in blue blocks the video camera.
Three of the migrant suspects were arrested for shoplifting about a month prior to the train attack. The Venezuelan migrants had only been in the U.S. for a few months before the attack, while one had been in the country for just a month. Immigration experts noted that three of the four defendants face deportation if convicted on felony charges. Between August 2022 and February 2024, the city of Chicago received 35,000 migrants either bussed or flown up from the southern border.
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