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The Chicago Police Department reported on Wednesday the arrest of an immigrant from Venezuela who was allegedly armed with a handgun and 43 rounds of ammunition.
Officials say that the immigrant is seen on surveillance video approaching a car while gripping his waist. He then reportedly places a gun under the auto’s passenger seat, then hides a box with 43 rounds of ammunition under a garbage bag in a gas station parking lot. The police also reported that the gun was stolen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Venezuelan immigrant crime has soared in Chicago. As of April, more than 1,000 Venezuelan immigrants had been arrested in Chicago in 2024.in April, Venezuelan immigrants make up only 1.5 percent of Chicago’s population but have accounted for 11.11 percent of all arrests thus far in 2024, and that is just looking at arrest records containing country of origin.
Chicago City Councilman Raymond Lopez decried the crime breaking out around the city’s migrant shelters.
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