Alleged members of a deadly transnational gang of Venezuelan criminals are reportedly looking to cross into the United States from Mexico near El Paso.
Mexican authorities have been on alert after learning about such individuals, who are reportedly members of Tren de Aragua, a gang that has been wreaking havoc through its drug and human trafficking rackets.
As previously relayed by The Dallas Express, courtesy of The Center Square, members of the violent gang have been springing up in cities all over the United States.
Back in March, Sens. Marco Rubio and Maria Elvira Salazar called on President Joe Biden to designate Tren de Aragua as a terrorist organization because of their propensity for violence and vast criminal operations.
“Tren de Aragua is an invading criminal army from a prison in Venezuela that has spread their brutality and chaos to U.S. cities and small towns,” the senators said back in March. “If left unchecked, they will unleash an unprecedented reign of terror, mirroring the devastation it has already inflicted in communities throughout Central and South America, most prominently in Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru. The breadth of Tren de Aragua’s operations encompasses murder, drug and human trafficking, sex crimes, extortion, and kidnapping, among other brutalities.”
Here is some of what Fox News reported on the potential influx of more Venezuelan gang members at the southern border:
The Mexican border state of Chihuahua is on alert for members of a violent Venezuelan gang called Tren de Aragua, or TdA, after receiving reports that members of the gang were moving through the state to cross into the U.S. near El Paso, Texas.
Chihuahua Secretary of Public Safety Gilberto Loya warned Monday that Mexican authorities have seen a large number of individuals they believe are members of TdA operating in the state and passing through to cross the U.S. border with Mexico near El Paso, according to a report from the Latin Times.
The report comes after the Treasury Department in July sanctioned TdA as a transnational criminal organization, noting that the gang has committed human trafficking, extortion, money laundering and drug trafficking that pose a “deadly criminal threat” across the Western Hemisphere.
