Posted on 10/05/2024 9:53:22 PM PDT by Libloather
Texas law enforcement raided a vacant San Antonio apartment complex that had fallen under the “control” of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang, which was using the building as a base for crime, officials said.
A multi-agency task force cleared more than 300 vacant units at the Palatia Apartments on the North Side of the city on Saturday morning, San Antonio Police Chief Chief McManus told reporters at a press conference.
SAPD had received several complaints from the apartment complex regarding narcotics, human trafficking and threats to apartment personnel, according to police.
“We had information that members of the transnational gang Tren de Agua were in control of the area and committing various crimes,” McManus said.
Twenty people were arrested, four who are confirmed Tren de Agua members — including one person who is an “enforcer,” he said.
Nineteen of those detained were charged. Several of those arrested had confirmed warrants, officials said.
The apartments were searched by a joint team of officers from SAPD, Texas Department of Public Safety, Federal Bureau of Investigation and US Customs and Border Protection, Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms and Homeland Security Investigations.
The arrests come after a weeks-long investigation as part of SAPD’s “Operation Aurora” initiative, which is part of a broader effort to disrupt Tren de Aragua’s influence in Texas.
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Bueno.
Que-Mala’s Warriors
Why are the cops doing the cartels’ jobs? Why are we looking the other way from drug and human smuggling if they can’t protect their niches with all the money they’re making from us?
Get with it, amigos. Andele’ arriba chop chop!
Texas is the FAFO state.
Foreign terrorists, domestic terrorists, dregs of society...just target practice in most areas.
Yes, she will see that they walk.
“”Operation Aurora””
?????????!!
Is this a dig at Colorado for letting the Venezuelans run rampant in Aurora, Colorado?
Also, anyone actually detained, not just arrested and released, will have much better living conditions than at home. When I used to teach legal Spanish speaking adults, they stated that the jails in the United States were better than the hotels in their home country.
Clearing buildings with armed hostiles and probably no grenades allowed - not a fun thing for the police etc involved.
It doesn’t matter what law enforcement does when the DA fails to charge or the judge sets ridiculous bail.
Headline should read: “20 Tren de Aragua gang member bodies recovered after apartment raid”
“It doesn’t matter what law enforcement does when the DA fails to charge or the judge sets ridiculous bail.”
Joe Gonzalez will do something about this. His political life depends on it.
How soon were they let out onto the streets again?
Agree.
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HANDS & EARS==$200 or more
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