Law enforcement authorities across the U.S. are increasingly focused on a Venezuelan gang behind a spate of violent crimes.
San Antonio Zoo offers $8 admission on Tuesday for Bexar County residents1 hour agoRead full article: KSAT takes you inside Brack TV studios as students get hands-on training for film and media careersFILE - Soldiers raid the Tocorn Penitentiary Center, in Tocorn, Venezuela, Sept. 20, 2023. The Tren de Aragua gang originated at the prison. – Former federal agent Was Tabor says his phone has been lighting up with calls from police departments around the U.S.
“What sets this group apart is the level of violence,” said Tabor, now retired from the DEA. “They’re aggressive, they’re hungry and they don’t know any boundaries because they’ve been allowed to spread their wings without any confrontation from law enforcement until now.”and the Mafia-styled Camorra from Italy on a list of transnational criminal organizations and offering $12 million in rewards for the arrest of three leaders. Then, this month, Texas Gov.
Authorities in countries such as Chile, Peru and Colombia — all with large populations of Venezuelan migrants — have accused the group of being behindin the world. Some of its more sensationalist crimes, including the beheading and burying alive of victims, have spread panic in poor neighborhoods where the gang extorts local businesses and illegally charges residents for “protection.”Now there are concerns about its ruthless tactics reaching U.S.
A year ago, President Nicolas Maduro's government claimed it had dismantled the gang after retaking control of the prison where the group was born. In July, Foreign Minister Yván Gil declared that the Tren de Aragua is a “fiction created by the international media.”
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