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‘REVOLTING LIES!’ DHS obliterates media framing of gang-affiliated illegal aliens shot in Portland as ‘married couple’
The Department of Homeland Security has gone after numerous news outlets for offering a sympathetic portrayal of two illegal aliens who were shot by federal agents in Portland on Thursday.
One article was posted to social media by KPFQ on Friday and was immediately assailed by the official DHS account for referring to the illegal aliens as a “married couple.” The article was sourced from CNN, which also faced the wrath of the DHS.
‘The driver of the vehicle, Luis David Nico Moncada[,] is a criminal illegal alien from Venezuela and suspected Tren de Aragua GANG MEMBER.’
The man and woman were shot during an operation by federal officers who were later identified as agents of U.S. Border Patrol.
The DHS released a statement indicating that the two illegal aliens were affiliated with the dangerous Tren de Aragua criminal gang and that the vehicle driver swerved to hit agents before they were shot. The pair were hospitalized.
On Friday, the DHS lambasted CNN for continuing to describe the pair as a “married couple” and to downplay their alleged gang affiliation.
“REVOLTING LIES!” the agency said about a video of CNN’s report.
DHS went on to say that the couple was better described as a gang member and “his prostitute” rather than an “innocent” married couple.
“The driver of the vehicle, Luis David Nico Moncada[,] is a criminal illegal alien from Venezuela and suspected Tren de Aragua GANG MEMBER,” the agency wrote. “He illegally entered the U.S. in 2022 and was RELEASED into the country by the Biden administration. Since then, he was arrested for DUI and unauthorized use of a vehicle. He has a final order of removal.”
The DHS identified the passenger as Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras and said she had been involved in a prior shooting. She was also affiliated with the Tren de Aragua gang and had an active role in the prostitution ring.
The DHS account scolded KQFX-TV for the same report, which was sourced from CNN.
KIRO-TV reported that hundreds of activists protested the shooting at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland. Portland Police arrested six people at that protest.
The Portland shooting came one day after the controversial lethal shooting of a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by an ICE agent. The woman had driven her car into the agent, and he shot her in self-defense.
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VIDEO: Unhinged anti-ICE extremists hurl profanities at agents in Minneapolis: ‘Get the f**k out!’
Anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement extremists have come out of the woodwork after the lethal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, and Blaze News has exclusive footage of some of their unhinged demonstrations.
The footage shows chaotic chants and epithets tossed by dozens of activists against agents outside of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in the Minneapolis area.
‘What have you done?! What have you done?! You terrorize our community! What do you know? Bunch of cowards!’
The video was recorded by Blaze News on the ground among the protesters.
“F**k you, you fascists pigs!” yells one protester.
“You murderers!” yells another.
“F**king cowards!” yells another female protester. “None of you served this country, but I have! I served this country for 10 years! What have you done?! What have you done?! You terrorize our community! What do you know? Bunch of cowards!”
Federal agents have been using flash-bang grenades and chemical irritants to persuade protesters to back off.
At one point, the group chants, “Say it once, say it twice, we will not put up with ICE!”
Another man wearing a “Black Lives Matter” shirt leads a chant of “F**k ICE!” that turns into “Get the f**k out!”
The woman killed by an ICE agent Wednesday was identified as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Good from Colorado. New footage from the cell phone of the agent who shot Good was released Friday and showed their interaction before he fired into her vehicle.
Two protesters were reportedly detained on Friday at the protests outside of the facility. The woman who was detained admitted that she had hit a federal vehicle with her hand in comments to CNN after she was released.
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“They didn’t know who was in charge of what. They just kept calling other people,” said the woman who identified herself only as Jessica.
She added that she hit the vehicle “because they pissed me off. Just being here pisses me off.”
Concrete barriers were also installed outside of the facility to protect agents.
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Trump pulls US out of ‘racist’ UN forum pushing ‘global reparations agendas’
President Trump has made several moves this week that will have globalists, climate activists, and other international grifters up in arms.
On Wednesday, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum removing the United States from over 60 international organizations as part of a longer-term plan to put American interests first.
‘America will no longer lend its credibility to racist organizations.’
In an executive order signed in February 2025, President Trump ordered the secretary of state to review the United States’ membership in many international groups to determine whether cooperation with those groups is in American interests.
The memorandum said that the president had since reviewed the secretary’s report and “determined that it is contrary to the interests of the United States to remain a member of, participate in, or otherwise provide support” for 66 organizations and has officially withdrawn the U.S. from them.
These organizations include 35 “non-United Nations Organizations” and 31 United Nations organizations.
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Some of the U.N. organizations that the United States removed itself from are the U.N. Economic and Social Council, the International Law Commission, the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations, the U.N. Democracy Fund, the U.N. Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, and the U.N. University.
Also included in that list is the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, an organization that United States officials have called “racist.”
“America will no longer lend its credibility to racist organizations,” State Department principal spokesman Tommy Pigott told the New York Post.
“Radical activists who embrace DEI ideology and seek to compel the United States to adopt policies mandating race-based wealth redistribution, in organizations such as the U.N. Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, will no longer be entertained,” he added.
According to an article on the United Nations’ website, the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent seeks “slavery reparations” and fashions itself as a forum to “shape … global reparations agendas.”
According to the Post, Trump administration officials have alleged that the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, a subsidiary of the United Nations Human Rights Office, runs afoul of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment and Equal Protection clause with its focus on “victim-based social policies.”
Notably missing from the list is the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, even though Trump’s February executive order called for an investigation into it. Specifically, the executive order said, “The review will include an evaluation of how and if UNESCO supports United States interests. In particular, the review will include an analysis of any anti-Semitism or anti-Israel sentiment within the organization.”
Trump and the Treasury Department also ordered the United States’ “immediate” withdrawal from the Green Climate Fund on Thursday.
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Two people shot by federal officers in Portland only a day after lethal ICE shooting
A man and a woman were shot and injured by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Portland, according to local media reports.
The two people were transported to a hospital for treatment of their injuries, although their conditions were not released to the public.
‘We cannot sit by while constitutional protections erode and bloodshed mounts. … As Mayor, I call on ICE to end all operations in Portland until a full investigation can be completed.’
The incident comes only a day after a 37-year-old woman was shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers after she tried to hit them with her vehicle, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Portland police said they responded to reports of the shooting at about 2:24 p.m. near Northeast 146th Avenue and East Burnside.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation in Portland said in a post on social media that it was investigating the incident.
DHS said in a statement that U.S. Border Patrol agents were conducting a targeted vehicle stop that included a “Venezuelan illegal alien affiliated with the transnational Tren de Aragua prostitution ring.” When the agents identified themselves, the driver “weaponized” the vehicle and tried to run them over.
“Fearing for his life and safety, an agent fired a defensive shot. The driver drove off with the passenger, fleeing the scene,” DHS added.
“Portland is now grappling with another deeply troubling incident,” said Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, a Democrat. “We cannot sit by while constitutional protections erode and bloodshed mounts. Portland is not a ‘training ground’ for militarized agents, and the ‘full force’ threatened by the administration has deadly consequences. As Mayor, I call on ICE to end all operations in Portland until a full investigation can be completed.”
City Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney spoke about the two injured during Portland’s city council meeting.
“As far as we know, both of these individuals are still alive, and we are hoping for more positive updates throughout the afternoon,” she said.
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An ICE facility in Portland has been targeted by protesters opposed to the mass deportation operations, and some of the demonstrations have included violence.
Protests also ramped up in Minneapolis after the lethal shooting. The public schools were shut down for the rest of the week as a precaution.
Editor’s note: This article has been edited after publication to include a statement from DHS.
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