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This is the dangerous Venezuelan gang infiltrating the US that you probably know nothing about but should
CNN ^ | June 10, 2024 | Rafael Romo, Belisa Morillo and Laura Weffer

Posted on 06/10/2024 4:39:37 PM PDT by lowbridge

An alleged multistate human trafficking ring forcing immigrant women into prostitution. The mysterious killing of a former police officer in South Florida. Attacks against police officers in New York. The arrest of a drug dealer in Chicago.

Local and federal officials say these apparently unrelated crimes have a common denominator: Tren de Aragua, a transnational criminal gang that originated in a Venezuela prison and has slowly made its way south and north in recent years. They say it’s now operating in the United States. The scale of its operations is unknown, but crimes attributed to alleged members of the gang have worried elected officials and some Republican members of Congress have asked the Biden administration “to formally designate the vicious Tren de Aragua as a Transnational Criminal Organization.”

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Now, US Customs and Border Protection and the FBI say the gang is established in the US.

“They have followed the migration paths across South America to other countries and have set up criminal groups throughout South America as they follow those paths, and that they appear to follow the migration north to the United States,” Britton Boyd, an FBI special agent in El Paso, Texas, told CNN said.

US Border Patrol chief Jason Owens, who has confirmed multiple arrests at the southern border of alleged Tren de Aragua members over the last year, issued a warning in early April. “Watch out for this gang. It is the most powerful in Venezuela, known for murder, drug trafficking, sex crimes, extortion, & other violent acts,” Owens said on X.

There are more than 70 cases in which Tren de Aragua is mentioned in law enforcement documents or prosecutors’ complaints. From that total, the Customs and Border Patrol in Texas has identified 58 as gang members between the fiscal year 2023 and

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; araguantrain; bidenalieninvasion; crime; dreamers; extortion; gang; humantrafficking; illegalimmigration; illegals; illegalsinvasion; immigration; murder; oldnews; organized; refugeecrisis; sextrafficking; trendearagua; venezuela; venezuelans
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1 posted on 06/10/2024 4:39:37 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

I’m sure the FIB will get right on that.


2 posted on 06/10/2024 4:41:14 PM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: lowbridge
...some Republican members of Congress have asked the Biden administration “to formally designate the vicious Tren de Aragua as a Transnational Criminal Organization.”

The Biden Gang doesn't want the competition.

3 posted on 06/10/2024 4:41:56 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: lowbridge

Gee, CNN, who let these goons enter at will into the US?


4 posted on 06/10/2024 4:42:09 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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A pox on you Biden for this blight of misery upon the nation.


5 posted on 06/10/2024 4:42:59 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I was drowning in self pity until I bathed in the refreshing Lake of Respect.)
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To: LastDayz

Why? The FBI has said that Catholics are the biggest threat to the U.S.?


6 posted on 06/10/2024 4:48:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: lowbridge

Is CNN just learning of this? Conservative media has been reporting on it for several years now.

I’ve noticed more negative reporting on Biden and his administration over the past few days. Are they really about to push Biden “down the stairs”


7 posted on 06/10/2024 4:50:59 PM PDT by CFW
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To: lowbridge
An alleged multistate human trafficking ring forcing immigrant women into prostitution.

Hmmm, I wonder if there's something men can do about this.

8 posted on 06/10/2024 4:53:36 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Will whoever keeps asking if this country can get any more insane please stop?)
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To: nickcarraway

That old little Guy with the Funny Hat!?!
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I Knew It!


9 posted on 06/10/2024 4:54:50 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: BipolarBob

> A pox on you Biden for this blight of misery upon the nation. <

Right. And add to that the GOP House members who could have blocked this with the power of the purse. But they chose not to. They instead chose to kick the can down the road.

And why should any of them care? They will all retire to gated communities with fat pensions. As you noted, a pox in all of them.


10 posted on 06/10/2024 4:58:29 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: lowbridge

And surprisingly violent crime in Caracas is down.

That’s what happens when commie dictators empty their prisoners and mentally ill to the USA. And for fun, Madura says he will not accept any Venezuelans who get deported (As if Biden will deport any of his thugs.).


11 posted on 06/10/2024 5:05:47 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: lowbridge
This is the dangerous Venezuelan gang infiltrating the US

"Infiltrating". They're being welcomed with open arms by Biden and his open border. Anything they do here is by his invitation.
12 posted on 06/10/2024 5:06:27 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: nickcarraway

Where are all the violent white supremacist crimes in big blue cities?

Or any city for that matter.


13 posted on 06/10/2024 5:06:36 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: lowbridge

Our new friends we haven’t met yet are in the country now.

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/296c9b9b-d1c6-4a9a-a4ff-6948924955a2


14 posted on 06/10/2024 5:07:59 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: lowbridge
Sowing chaos in America

Hope and Change (suckers)

All according to plan




15 posted on 06/10/2024 5:11:33 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: LastDayz

Pare ts at local maine funtown reported that men were watching children and trying to get near o es who were alone.


16 posted on 06/10/2024 5:12:49 PM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: lowbridge

Well, we now have gangs from all over the world, along with fighting age nationals from everywhere... They all just want asylum according to Joe Bribeme.

How convenient.


17 posted on 06/10/2024 5:16:42 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: CFW
Are they really about to push Biden “down the stairs”?

They don't need to push him down the stairs... He falls even when he tries to go up the stairs.

18 posted on 06/10/2024 5:18:47 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: lowbridge

Who couldn’t see this one coming??????


19 posted on 06/10/2024 5:27:32 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: lowbridge

Thanks, Joe.
You have turned our southern borders into a swinging door saloon. Anyone can enter. All they need to do is give it a push.

I guess the border patrolmen still need the income and expected pension. Otherwise, their jobs are fast becoming highly dangerous positions without real purpose.
Their employer The Govt, does not have their back anymore.


20 posted on 06/10/2024 5:39:31 PM PDT by lee martell
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