Archive · 13 Jan 2026
Venezuelan man charged after Portland shooting
A man named Luis Nino-Moncada from Venezuela was shot by a Border Patrol agent in Portland, Oregon.
He and a woman in the car, Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, were both shot.
The man is accused of ramming his car into a federal vehicle.
He has been charged with assaulting federal officers.
Both the man and the woman are in the U.S. illegally and have ties to a Venezuelan gang.
After the shooting, they drove away and later called for medical help.
Luis Nino-Moncada, a Venezuelan man, was shot by a Border Patrol agent in Portland, Oregon.
He faces charges of aggravated assault of a federal officer and depredation of federal property.
Nino-Moncada allegedly rammed his car into an agents' vacant vehicle.
Both Nino-Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, who was also in the car, are in the U.S. illegally and have ties to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
The woman was shot in the chest, and Nino-Moncada was shot in the arm.
- Who
- Luis Nino-Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras
- What
- Shooting by Border Patrol agent and subsequent charges
- When
- Last week (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Portland, Oregon
- Why
- Nino-Moncada allegedly rammed his car into agents' vehicle, and the agent feared for safety
- Name
- Luis Nino-Moncada
- Charges
- Aggravated assault of a federal officer and depredation of federal property
- Gang Ties
- Tren de Aragua
- Injuries
- Shot in the arm
- Woman Involved
- Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras
- Woman's Injuries
- Shot in the chest
- Location
- Portland, Oregon
- Date of Incident
- Last week
