You obviously would want to arrest the criminals to question them to get evidence and hopefully flip a few to become cooperating witnesses.
But how exactly would one do this for a group such as s Tren de Aragua where the Venezulan Maduro Government is not just a co conspirator , they are one of the de facto ring leaders of the group.
It's not like you can threaten to send them home to Venezuela for punishment or anything like that and their allies in the US have been releasing them from custody without even needing to post bail and have even went to the extent of denying that the gangs and their criminal activity even exists.
What to do?
Well, you could round up the gang members and arrest them for questioning but what would prevent them from just laughing in your face given that they know for certain that the fix is in for them in the Venezuelan and US justice systems .
It's not like the Trump Administration could use US anti terrorism laws to send some of the lower level TDA thugs to a place like El Salvaodr's CECOT Gangster mega prison, which strikes terror into the hearts of even the most hard core , baddest gangster , for the rest of their lives.
And then use the threats of sending the gang leaders to same prison to get them to cooperate with investigators and turn states evidence in a wide ranging RICO investigation.
And of course, Attny Gen Pam Blondie is such dizzy, air headed publicity seeker she would never be smart enough to be putting surveillance on the co conspirators inside the US and foreign governments and NGOs
Nope, could never happen.
The Trump Team is too stupid and the and the RICO targets in the US and foreign governments and judicial systems are just too smart.
Hmm, US DOJ is so stymied by this.
Let’s see as a thought experiment:
How would China, Russia, India, Japan, Indonesia, Turkey, Egypt, Saudis, even Hungary handle these lawfare surfing, drug wheeling, amoral, feral, dangerous, beasts?
Why the urge to coddle them like precious gifts. We’re not the UK, Denmark, or other squishy, self loathing legacy state bent on national suicide. At least not anymore.