Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek Says State is ‘Shaken and Outraged’ at Shooting of Tren de Aragua Gangbanger

January 11, 2026 Politics

All eyes are on Minnesota and the shooting that took place there, but as Twitchy reported on Thursday night, there was another ICE-involved shooting in Portland, Oregon. After the smoke cleared, the Department of Homeland Security put out a statement that a Venezuelan illegal alien and Tren de Aragua prostitution ring member, who was also wanted for a shooting in Portland, was pulled over by U.S. Border Patrol agents in a targeted stop.

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Maybe it’s just us, but we’d say the unnecessary violent event was instigated by the illegal alien who tried to mow down Border Patrol agents with his red pickup. She also says she wants “peace and safety in our communities,” which we take to mean leaving Tren de Aragua gang members involved in a shooting on the street and not trying to apprehend them.

She would have preferred the agent to be run down by an illegal alien. That’s the other option here.

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Always. Is she saying the unnecessary violent event was instigated by the Border Patrol pulling over a wanted illegal alien?

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* Original Article:

https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/01/10/oregon-gov-tina-kotek-says-state-is-shaken-and-outraged-at-shooting-of-tren-de-aragua-gangbanger-n2423789