Bronx Voice 

August 22, 2023

BRONX - Two gang members were charged by the feds with fatally shooting a Bronx man during a robbery in Fordham.

Gibran Guerrero, a/k/a "Cojito," and Yorvin Gomez, a/k/a "Julbie," were accused of racketeering trick, murder in help of racketeering, carrying out savage violations in help of racketeering, and guns offenses connected with their participation in a road group known as the "Trinitarios" that worked in or around the Bronx and different areas. 

Guerrero and Gomez are likewise accused of partaking in a theft on December 15, 2022. 

During the robbery, one of the people in question, Johnny Gaston, was shot and killed. The other casualty was shot but survived. 

Guerrero and Gomez were in state authority and were moved into government care today. They were introduced this midday in Manhattan Government Court.

“Every crime carried out by Trinitarios gang members in New York City is met with tenacious work by the NYPD and our law enforcement partners to ensure justice – and this case is no different. Behind the charges unsealed today against these two defendants is a proactive, aggressive investigation to ensure the strongest possible prosecution. I want to thank our NYPD detectives and all of our partners, including the agents of the HSI New York Field Office and the prosecutors of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, for their steadfast collaboration in bringing this important case.”

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HSI Special Agent in Charge Ivan J. Arvelo said: "Guerrero and Gomez, through their affiliations to the notorious ‘Trinitarios’ street gang, stand accused of perpetrating a multitude of criminal acts, including robberies, narcotics trafficking, and extreme violence, exemplified by a fatal shooting during a December 2022 robbery.  

This collaborative effort between HSI, the NYPD, and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York sends a strong message of our commitment to protecting our communities from gang-related crime."

As per the charges in the Arraignment unlocked in Manhattan government court:[1]

From in or around 2021 up to and including 2023, in the Southern Region of New York and somewhere else, Guerrero and Gomez were individuals from the Trinitarios pack.

To finance the gang, safeguard its region, and advance its standing, individuals from the Trinitarios participated in, in addition to other things, burglaries, fakes, opiates dealing, and different demonstrations of savagery, including murder.

On December 15, 2022, Guerrero, Gomez and other Trinitarios individuals tricked two casualties to an area in the Bronx and robbed them. During the robbery, one of the people in question, Johnny Gaston, was shot and killed. The other casualty was shot but survived.

Also, approximately July 30, 2022, and September 26, 2022, Guerrero and other Trinitarios individuals took part in gunpoint burglaries of a few casualties situated in the Bronx.

Gibran Guerrero 20, and Yorvin Gomez, 26, the two of the Bronx, New York, are each accused of one count of racketeering trick, which conveys a most extreme Sentence of life in jail; one include of homicide in help of racketeering, which conveys an obligatory least sentence of life in jail or passing; one count of causing demise through utilization of a gun, which conveys a greatest sentence of life in jail or passing; and scheme to commit bank extortion, which conveys a greatest sentence of 30 years in jail. 

Guerrero is likewise harged with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, which each carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and two counts of carrying and brandishing firearms in connection with a crime of violence, which each carry a mandatory minimum sentence of seven years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison.

The base and greatest possible sentences for this situation are endorsed by Congress and are given here to educational inspirations just, as any condemning of the litigants not entirely settled by the adjudicator.

The charges contained in the Prosecution are only allegations, and the litigants are assumed honest except if and until demonstrated blameworthy.