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Illegal immigrant gets 15 years for shooting off-duty border cop in NYC robbery

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Roldan, A., & Kochman, B. (2026, October 6). Illegal immigrant gets 15 years for shooting off-duty border cop in NYC robbery. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/05/us-news/illegal-immigrant-gets-15-years-for-shooting-off-duty-border-cop-in-nyc-robbery/

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Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, 22, received a 15-year federal prison sentence from US District Court Judge Loretta Preska on Monday for shooting an off-duty border cop during a robbery and possessing ammunition illegally as an undocumented immigrant. The incident occurred in July 2025 when Mora Nunez attempted to rob Joshua Sinclair, who was sitting with a companion near the Hudson River in Fort Washington Park. Mora Nunez had crossed into Arizona from Mexico in April 2023 and faced additional charges of assault and threatening another migrant with a machete. Judge Preska emphasized the need for a strong deterrent message against illegal immigration and criminal activity, noting that Mora Nunez showed no respect for the law despite expressing remorse in court.

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In a federal courtroom on Monday, US District Court Judge Loretta Preska handed down a sentence of 15 years to Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, a 22-year-old Dominican national who illegally entered the US in April 2023. Mora Nunez pleaded guilty earlier this year to a federal weapons charge and was sentenced for shooting an off-duty Border Patrol agent during a robbery in New York City last July. The judge emphasized that such a severe sentence was necessary to deter other migrants from breaking the law.

During the sentencing, Mora Nunez apologized for his actions while the wounded officer, Joshua Sinclair, observed from the gallery. He expressed remorse and longing to be with his daughter again. In addition to this federal charge, Mora Nunez faces an additional case in Manhattan brought by the District Attorney’s Office, which could result in a sentence of 25 years to life for attempted murder.

Another accomplice, Christhian Aybar-Berroa, received a separate sentence of 12 years and seven months in federal prison. Both Mora Nunez and Aybar-Berroa will be deported after serving their sentences following their guilty pleas related to possessing ammunition illegally while being undocumented immigrants.

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Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, 22, was handed the sentence by US District Court Judge Loretta Preska Monday in a federal courtroom packed with Border Patrol agents. asserted

Nunez → hand → agents

Preska said a stiff sentence was needed to deter other migrants from breaking the law. asserted

sentence → say → law

“There is an overwhelming need to send a message to people who come to the US to commit crimes,” she said, before doling out the max allowable sentence to Mora Nunez, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to a federal weapons charge. asserted

who → be → charge

The Dominican national still faces 25 years-to-life in a separate pending attempted murder case brought by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. asserted

national → face → Office

Another Dominican migrant, 23-year-old Christhian Aybar-Berroa, was separately sentenced to spend 12 years and seven months in federal prison for his role as an accomplice who helped Mora Nunez escape the violent July 2025 robbery on a motorbike. asserted

Nunez → sentence → motorbike

Both Mora Nunez and Aybar-Berroa are in the US illegally and will be deported after serving out their sentences for their guilty pleas to possessing ammunition as illegal aliens, according to the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office. uncertain

Nunez → deport → Office

Mora Nunez had crossed the Arizona border in April 2023, prosecutors said. asserted

prosecutors → cross → April

He had stacked up a considerable criminal rap sheet in his time in the US, police sources told The Post, including arrests for allegedly assaulting a pregnant woman and threatening to kill another migrant with a machete. uncertain

sources → stack → machete

In court on Monday, Mora Nunez choked back tears as he apologized for the violent attack while the wounded officer, Joshua Sinclair, watched from the gallery. “I have been separated from my little girl who I love very much, I really wish to be with her and be a better role model,” he said, speaking in Spanish in written comments translated by an interpreter. asserted

he → choke → interpreter

“I wish I could go back in time and avoid everything that has happened,” he added. uncertain

he → wish → everything

Mora Nunez had shot Sinclair in the face after trying to rob the off-duty border cop, who had been sitting with a female companion on a rock along the Hudson River in Fort Washington Park just after midnight, according to police. uncertain

who → shoot → police

Prosecutors said he’d stolen another woman’s cellphone minutes earlier. asserted

he → say → cellphone

After Mora Nunez shot Sinclair in the face, the officer quickly returned fire and struck his attacker twice before Mora Nunez fled on Aybar-Berroa’s moped, prosecutors said. asserted

prosecutors → shoot → moped

Judge Preska said Monday that while she admired the young father’s hope to better himself, she was not confident he had learned to respect the law, pointing to prosecutors’ claims that he had bragged about his charges to other inmates while locked up at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. “Nothing instills any confidence that he has learned to respect the law, and the sentence should reflect that,” the judge said. uncertain

judge → say → that

Officer Sinclair has been unable to return to work and is still recovering and undergoing facial surgeries 14 months after the attack, according to prosecutors. uncertain

Sinclair → return → prosecutors

Mora Nunez and Aybar-Berroa, who is charged in state court as well, have pleaded not guilty in that case, and are due back in court in November. asserted

who → charge → November

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