Texas Governor Greg Abbott has designated the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua (TdN) gang as a foreign terrorist organization, granting law enforcement additional tools to combat their criminal activities. This move follows reports of violent incidents linked to the TdN gang in Texas.
HOUSTON, Texas — Texas Governor Greg Abbott designated the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang as a foreign terrorist organization on Monday. The move gives Texas law enforcement officials additional tools and resources to attack the gang and “disrupt their criminal operations and deny their foothold in the state,” the governor stated.
The move by Governor Abbott follows news of violent activity by alleged TdN gang members that forced a Texas district court judge to order the closing of a hotel in El Paso, Breitbart Texas. City officials complained in a lawsuit against the owners of the Gateway Hotel after responding to nearly 700 calls for service to the address.Texas Department of Public Safety Director, Colonel Steve McCraw, likened the spread of TdN gang violence to an infestation of cockroaches.
“Governor Abbott has made it very clear: We will not allow any of these gangsters to gain a foothold in Texas,” McCraw stated. During Fiscal Year 2020, President Donald Trump’s last full year in office, Border Patrol agents apprehended only 465 Venezuelan migrants who crossed from Mexico into the five Texas-based sectors. During the first year of the Biden-Harris administration, a dramatic increase in crossings led to the apprehension of nearly 68,000 Venezuelan migrants.
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