Teen who brought gun to school and whose ICE detention sparked outrage is member of feared '33' gang with eleven prior brushes with law
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 9:40 am
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MASSACHUSETTS - A 13-year-old boy whose ICE detention sparked outrage is a member of a criminal gang, the Trump administration has claimed.
Arthur Yuri De Almeida Silva Berto was arrested on October 9 in Massachusetts after a classmate said he had shown her a concealed gun on school property, authorities said.
The classmate said Berto, from Brazil, was looking for a boy he had been fighting with and said he was going to 'shoot and kill him,' per court documents. Officials said Berto was carrying a 5-inch Milwaukee knife when he was detained.
The arrest was questioned after the boy's mother gave several interviews explaining she and her son had a pending asylum case.
The teen's mother told the Boston Globe her 'world collapsed' when she learned he had been taken to ICE's holding facility in Burlington.
But the Department of Homeland Security issued a statement on Thursday saying the teen is a suspected member of the '33' gang and has 11 prior police complaints that include breaking and entering, vandalism, theft, fighting and 'flash mob' style shoplifting.
Little is known about the so-called '33 gang' and the DHS gave no additional information about it other than to say it was a Brazilian crime ring.
The teen was transferred to ICE custody after ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations determined he was a 'public safety threat,' Fox News Digital reported.
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