Posted on 09/07/2024 3:33:21 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
(CNN) 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.”
For several years, the criminal group has terrorized South American countries, including Venezuela, its country of origin, as well as Bolivia, Colombia, Chile and Peru. Retired general Óscar Naranjo, a former vice president of Colombia and chief of the Colombian National Police, told CNN Tren de Aragua is “the most disruptive criminal organization operating nowadays in Latin America, a true challenge for the region.”
The group’s leadership, according to the report, operated out of the notorious Tocorón prison, which they controlled. When Venezuelan officials raided it last September, they found a swimming pool and several restaurants inside the prison walls, in addition to weapons seized from inmates, including automatic rifles, machine guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
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Still, from CNN?
I’m surprised.
CNN - NO thanks
Yup.....crimes committed by illegals go unreported.
They’re not the main problem....it’s white supremacy....didn’t you get the message?? /sarc
Me too!!!
Let’s show some Dems the bloody gang stories as they develop.
All they see are “Kamala gains more votes from women and young voters in all swing states on the way to a big electoral wipeout.”
Aurora missed an opportunity to set a huge trap for Tren de Aragua.
But, I reckon the feds would have to sign off, so, there's that
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“Las Harristas”
Time to shoot and dump em in the woods. Though the cougars probably wouldn’t eat them. They’ll just bury em.
I was in a Walmart not far from Tampa Bay last week. I haven’t been in one for at least 2 years. I was shocked that the loudspeaker announcements were in Spanish!
“I live in rural Appalachian area. Our sheriff will not post in local paper crime committed by illegals. Is this normal all across US?”
Has been the normal in Oregon for years….no one will use the “illegal alien” label. They just say a resident of whatever town they’re from.
Ironic how this is all being reported only AFTER James O’Keefe revealed documents they tried to keep secret
Fast and Furious Inner City Style.
We should protect American Gangs and give them the weapons they need to confront those that would steal their ways er life.
Why not?
Has he ever said or been asked?
You know what’s going to happen? Black gangs are going to be the ones to confront these Venezuelans in the cities they are invading and taking over. I believe there will be some nasty gun battles between the groups. Blacks and hispanics do not like each other to begin with. Within the gangs, it’s tenfold.
This will get much worse. If the commiecrats steal the election again we will not have an executive branch in the US goobermint any longer. This will not end well.
I’ll take Hot Chicks from Las Mercedes in Caracas for 100 Art”
Pass on the homicidal gangs please
Watch YouTube on Venezuela today
Ghost town in Maracaibo
Free gas if u wait in line
I swear
Very kind of CNN to back the illegals getting in that had to contain gangs and terrorist groups and then let us know they are here. Surprised they didn’t close it with mission accomplished.
wy69
“loudspeaker announcements were in Spanish!”
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Welcome to the club. ‘Same in 1980s Coral Gables - Sears & Roebuck. (Miami).
Later, reflected, I see arms waving behind me. The bilingual cashier spoke to the customer in Spanish, “I’m with a customer” (me, ahead of him).
The person behind me wanted to cut in front of me—a “custom” I’ve experienced in other Latino countries...
Did the article include pictures of their top leadership? You know. Biden, Harris, Garland, Mayorkas.....
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