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by Joe Marino, Steve Janoski and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon at New York Post
The migrant moped gangs terrorizing the Big Apple are part of an illicit network of hoods peddling stolen goods from the five boroughs in Florida — and shipping the proceeds to South America, law enforcement sources told The Post.
“It’s much bigger than me,” accused migrant ringleader Franco Alexander Peraza Navas allegedly told the NYPD after getting nabbed for a string of local heists.
“In a million years, I never thought you’d catch me,” Navas, 30, allegedly told detectives. “I’ve been going to Miami every three weeks. And it’s much bigger than me.”
The Venezuelan migrant is allegedly part of a crew that has been linked to robberies throughout New York City, Yonkers, New Jersey and Florida — and tied to an illegal gun used in a Fort Lauderdale armed heist on Dec. 9, the sources said.
The same gun was used in a $279,000 gunpoint robbery at Solid Gold Jewelry in Manhattan on Nov. 22.
Navas and his alleged accomplices are suspected in…
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