Abbott signed a proclamation declaring Tren de Aragua a foreign terrorist organization and directed Texas DPS to create strike teams targeting the gang.
Gov. Greg Abbott arrives at a press conference with several other state leaders at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass in February. Abbott on Monday announced a state crackdown on a Venezuelan gang.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday announced the state is going to target a Venezuelan gang that he said was notorious for brutal violence and murder and posed a threat to Texans’ safety.
“We will bring the full weight of the government against the TDA by declaring TDA a foreign terrorist organization,” Abbott said before signing the proclamation. “Texas will use the courts to halt their operations, use civil asset forfeiture to take their property, use enhanced criminal penalties to keep them in jail, behind bars for longer periods of time.”
The U.S. State Department also announced reward offers of up to $12 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of the gang’s leaders.
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