Posted on 10/11/2024 8:58:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
San Antonio's massive apartment complex, Palatia Apartments (678 units), has been taken over by Tren de Aragua, a transnational criminal organization from Venezuela. This has caused fear and concern in the city. Four male members, who were documented Tren de Aragua gang members and had been previously detained by the U.S. Border Patrol but were later released. The gang has been involved in drug activity and human trafficking. It has been collecting rent from illegal aliens living at the complex. Additionally, a murder has occurred at the complex, according to interviewed residents. This alarming situation in San Antonio, a sanctuary city and FEMA center for human trafficking, has not received the national attention it deserves, unlike a similar incident in Aurora, Colorado.
The San Antonio Migrant Center (MRC) funded by FEMA is a transportation hub for illegal aliens for South Texas. It has facilitated the harboring and logistical transportation of over 633,000 aliens across the country. Logically, some migrants without a destination remain in San Antonio. This environment is ripe for human exploitation, with migrants staying in San Antonio benefiting from financial support provided by Catholic Charities and other NGOs.
The MRC had suspect beginnings. In an underhanded move led by leftist Mayor Ron Nirenberg, the City Council swiftly established the MRC using the parliamentary procedure known as the Consent Agenda. This strategic bundling of the center with non-controversial items allowed for its passage with a single motion at the June 23, 2022, meeting, circumventing the need for a public hearing.
In January 2022, 180 MF CAP Sahara San Antonio LLC (180 MF) purchased the sixty-year-old dilapidated Palatia Apartments and mortgaged it for $48.5 million through Arbor Realty SR Funding, LLC, which is a subsidiary of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ABR).
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The City of San Antonio is proudly promoting its innovative "hot spot" policing strategy, where officers strategically park police vehicles with their emergency lights on at 15- to 20-minute intervals throughout the day. However, it's puzzling why Palatia Apartments wasn't designated as a hot spot. Mayor Nirenberg, a strident supporter of open borders, has chosen to remain silent.
Just someone “imagining things” again, right?
Must be from one of those pots of specially-colored money that can't be spent on hurricane aid.
...is a transportation hub for illegal aliens for South Texas. It has facilitated the harboring and logistical transportation of over 633,000 aliens across the country.
And is the answer to the often-asked but seldom-answered question "who is doing all this to us?" It's our own government.
Send The Texas Rangers (definitely NOT the baseball team) down there with orders to eliminate the gang.
Agree. These gang members need to disappear.
Coming to a spot near you soon.
What are these gangs really up to ?
> Tren de Aragua has taken advantage of inept management … <
I’m not seeing what the managers were supposed to do, apart from calling in the problem. I’ve known a few apartment managers in my life. Not too many Rambos among them.
The corrupt SA police are helping usher them in.
Really.
They need to be disappeared.
Best thing for this gang would be to KOS
Good place for them. Think Lackland AFB. Train them to jump out of planes and fly them home. Don’t forget the parachute.
How does one contact that motorcycle group that routs squatters from homes?
seeing a pattern; a strategy, as it were.
> How does one contact that motorcycle group that routs squatters from homes? <
And that would lead to an interesting confrontation. Most squatters are undisciplined druggies. They’re not too tough to move along if you don’t mind violating a few laws.
But the Tren de Aragua folks are armed, disciplined, and full of pride. I wouldn’t bet on an easy win for the motorcycle guys.
The local police are outmatched by the gangsters, and they know it. No municipal police chief wants to suffer the casualties from taking on the gangs. They could beat them, but they would lose men in the process. And the politicians will not support them.
No mayor or city council wants to take on such losses either. They prefer to make accommodations with the gangs instead.
We see token arrests, and the perpetrators are released within hours on minimal bail or recognizance. No one will dare to testify against them.
This goes badly for city residents.
The gangsters are illegal immigrants (invaders), who are committing additional crimes in this country. They should be in prison camps awaiting deportation from the moment they are arrested.
“What are these gangs really up to ?”
Like all capitalists, they moved to where their efforts would bear more fruit with less hassle.
I do have some qualms about that. An organization that can "disappear" Venezuelan gangsters can all too easily be repurposed to "disappear" political opponents of the Democrats.
I need to be careful what I wish for. There are so many second-order and third-order consequences.
International gangs are above their pay grade.
Best they can do is bikers on I-35 in central Texas.
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