A brutal crew of baby-faced Tren de Aragua migrant gangbangers at a city-funded Manhattan shelter are carrying out armed robberies in Times Square – and getting away scot-free, officials and sources said.

Nearly two dozen young migrant thugs, some as young as 11, are part of a dangerous gang of asylum-seeking brats that ranges from purse snatchings to gunpoint robberies targeting New Yorkers and tourists alike, a senior NYPD official told The Post.

But they manage to stay out of prison because of their age and the Empire State's lenient criminal justice laws, said Jason Savino, assistant chief of the detective bureau.

“There are people who are bold,” Savino said. “We know they have access to guns, as evidenced by the fact that they have committed robberies at gunpoint and have been bold enough to display pistols in and around their social media.

“This is the first formulated group that we have found that is a group of about 20 people who hang out in a pack format every day, posting on social media and bragging about their crew,” the chief said. “You see little pockets in and around Times Square and in and around the shelters.

“But as far as a real threshold goes, it’s limited to emergency shelters.”

The roughly 21 gang members who call themselves “Los Diablos de la 42” — Spanish for “Little Devils of 42nd Street” — have been arrested for 50 separate incidents, and yet none are behind bars, Savino said.

“They committed the robberies in all the sexy places, in and around Central Park, in and around Times Square, in and around public transit,” he said. “And target tourists specifically.

“They had a sort of graduation and evolution that started out as robberies, then moved on to armed robberies, and then started swinging knives in pack form.”

Also worrying for New York's Finest is the possibility that an all-out gang war could break out between TdA and one of the Big Apple's most notorious gangs, the Latin Kings.

According to authorities, the dispute between the two gangs dates back several years and dates back to the alleged assassination of a TdA member by a Latin king, with the feud still a sore point.

TdA, which emerged from the poverty and corruption that has long plagued Venezuela, has established a criminal foothold across the five counties in just over a year.

Law enforcement sources said gang members were hiding among the millions of asylum seekers who crossed the U.S. border with Mexico since 2022 and then scattered across the country.

Members are told to get distinctive tattoos that identify them as members. The body art typically consists of anchors, clocks, crowns and phrases containing the word “guerrero” – which means “warrior” in Spanish but also pays homage to Hector “Nino” Guerrero. the leader of the gang in Venezuela.

Gang tattoos also typically feature the number “23” or NBA stars Michael Jordan and LeBron James, both of whom wear the number on their jerseys, while others include images of bulls, seemingly in homage to the basketball team the Chicago Bulls. A city where TdA thrived, sources said.

In New York, gang members exploited the city's migrant shelter system, running robbery squads and trafficking drugs, weapons and sex workers under the noses of private security guards. according to sources.

The Roosevelt Hotel Diablos crew is led by an older gangbanger who recruits young people to commit robberies before returning the loot – sometimes as part of an introduction to the gang, sources said.

The group's members hang out in packs with the younger recruits and are there when the kids commit a crime, perhaps stealing a necklace from a passerby. The punishment for failure could be being forced to lick the floor of a city subway car, or worse, Savino said.

Communication between crew members takes place online, where they brazenly post exploits, he added.

“They use the group chat on their government-provided phones, so they know you're using that. And the group app actually has their gang’s name on it, and they’re using their government-issued phones.”

Recruiters also select young people who are unlikely to be charged as adults to join their ranks.

In August, police suspected that an 11-year-old suspected subway robber from Venezuela who was staying at the Roosevelt had ties to TdA.

After his incarceration, the boy received a juvenile delinquency certificate and was released.

In addition to the young age of some gang members, the state's criminal justice reforms prohibit bail for misdemeanors and most felonies, which some law enforcement officials say results in TdA suspects often being released.

“It’s a product of bail reform,” Savino told The Post. “We tried to bring some of them to criminal court, but were unsuccessful.”