Why is dictator Maduro so interested in Venezuela's 'Tren de Aragua' gang activity in the U.S.?

American Thinker ^ | 7 Aug, 2024 | Monica Showalter

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A screenshot taken from a television broadcast showed one Chavista operative sending all the latest news about Tren de Aragua's mayhem in the U.S. to Maduro himself.

Venezuela's democratic forces are a pretty observant lot, having spotted evidence of fraud in some background pictures of the regime's vote-counting houses as employees took selfies.

Now, one of them has spotted something interesting on dictator Nicolas Maduro's cell phone as he made a televised speech, in a whatsapp message from one of his closest lieutenants:

𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤 𝐒𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐳 Φ @eriksuarezn Image taken during a Maduro speech on National TV (Venezuela 🇻🇪)

The Whatsapp text from Jorge Arreaza (Regime Member) reads: “EFE. Colorado is in alert…”

The picture is the actual article mentioned in the conversation that reads: “Colorado is in alert over threat of the Venezuelan gang the “Aragua Train””.

In other words, the Venezuelan regime is tracking American news and gang member activities from Venezuelans crossing the southern border illegally. Why? I will let you guys connect the dots…

Arreaza is Hugo Chavez's son-in-law, and a trusted Chavista confidante, having held positions such as foreign minister, minister of science and technology, and vice president. During Chavez's final illness at the hands of Castrocare, he served as the unofficial spokesman for the Chavez family.

He's almost certainly a fluent English speaker, having gotten his master's degree in European Policy Studies at Cambridge University, in the U.K.

He's also one of those guys who got himself sanctioned, during the Trump administration, cutting off his access to U.S. banking.

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Maduro’s top confidant tried to sneak Hezbollah into Venezuela, made deals with drug lords...
Fox News ^ | 5/04/19 | Lukas Mikelionis
Posted on 5/4/2019, 2:36:23 PM by Libloather

Venezuela’s ex-vice president and now the top confidant of Nicolas Maduro is said to have tried sneaking in Hezbollah militants into his country, made a business deal with a drug lord and became extremely wealthy as the once-rich country turned into an economic basket case.

Tareck El Aissami has emerged as a hardliner of Maduro’s socialist regime as the country remains on the brink of an all-out civil war due to economic misery.

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But El Aissami, while not having the same scrutiny as Maduro, has long been the subject of various investigations both at home and in the U.S. over the way he wielded his political power to get wealthy and support terror groups.

According to a dossier compiled by Venezuelan agents and obtained by the New York Times, El Aissami and his father, Carlos Zaidan El Aissami, allegedly recruited members of the Hezbollah terror group to help with spying and drug trafficking operations in the region.

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“I think you’re right on the shock troops as well.”

Or running a proxy war for his goodbuddies the Russians. We’ve been loudly bragging about weakening Russia. Maybe it’s payback.