GOP Rep. Derrick Van Orden said the tiny Wisconsin community of Prairie du Chien is terrified after a Venezuelan migrant allegedly assaulted a mother and child earlier this month.
A member of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang was arrested in a tiny Wisconsin community for allegedly sexually assaulting a mother and abusing her daughter after he had been arrested and released earlier this year in Minneapolis. Republican Rep.
The mother later told police that Coronel Zarate had also assaulted her on September 4, according to a criminal complaint. During that incident, she told police, Coronel Zarate allegedly told her, 'I get away with it. I'm a criminal.' Teynor said that Coronel Zarate had tattoos associating him with Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang, which originated in the country's prisons and has since grown a foothold in several areas across the United States.
've been to the border three times. They let a guy in the country with gang tattoos, and you get a medical screening before you come over the border. They give them a medical exam, because they don't want people coming over with tuberculosis,' Van Orden said incredulously. The former Navy SEAL said the attack had shaken his small community, but said it was only a matter of time until migrant crime would strike there. 'Why should a town of 5,500 people . . .
Barrett told Fox News Digital that the Republicans' accusations were merely 'an unsubstantiated and distasteful attempt to gather votes in a battleground state for the upcoming presidential election,' and that the statement about being uncooperative was false. 'As sheriff, I will not stand for another disrespectful attack on our law enforcement profession by actors looking to politically persuade voters.
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