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An illegal immigrant allegedly involved in the shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer dramatically found himself face-to-face with the agent’s angry comrades in a packed Manhattan federal courtroom Friday.

Nearly three dozen CBP officers waited hours for Christhian Aybar-Berroa — dressed in ripped jeans and a $200 T-shirt — to be arraigned on an accessory-after-the-fact charge and ordered held behind bars until at least a preliminary hearing Aug. 8.

Many officers seemed frustrated, with The Post overhearing one complain they’d been waiting since 7 a.m. for the hearing, which finally kicked off at 2:30 p.m.

Illegal immigrant Christhian Aybar-Berroa, 22, allegedly involved in the shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer, found himself face-to-face with the agent’s angry comrades in a Manhattan federal courtroom Friday. @sec_noem

Aybar-Berroa, 22, had a blank expression and matted hair and was wearing the pricey tee with a baseball-playing skeleton reading “Godspeed.”

He is accused of being the getaway driver in the July 19 botched robbery inside Fort Washington Park.

His alleged accomplice and fellow Dominican Republic national — Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, 21 — shot the off-duty CBP officer during the robbery, prosecutors said.

The officer, who remains hospitalized after being shot in the face and arm, managed to fire off shots that clipped Mora Nunez twice, authorities said.

Aybar-Berroa has been ordered to be held behind bars until at least a preliminary hearing on Aug. 8.
The illegal immigrant has been accused of being the getaway driver during the botched robbery attempt at Fort Washington Park, leading to the off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer being shot in the face.

The injured Mora Nunez scurried back to Aybar-Berroa, who drove him to a hospital and unceremoniously dumped him outside.

Mora Nunez has yet to be arraigned in the case.

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