A senior U.S. Border Patrol chief of patrol in the Miami sector said a Venezuelan national identified as a Tren de Aragua gang member was arrested in Palm Beach County.
A Venezuelan national suspected of being a member of the Tren de Aragua gang has been arrested in President-elect Trump’s backyard of Palm Beach, Florida, according to a senior U.S. Border Patrol official. Jeffrey Dinise, the chief patrol agent of the USBP Miami Sector, announced the arrest in a social media post on Tuesday. 'U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a Venezuelan national who was identified as a Tren de Aragua gang member,' Dinise wrote on X.
The gang has been engaged in all sorts of violent crime, including murders, shootings of police officers, assaults, robberies and gun smuggling into migrant shelters. It is also said to be engaged in drug dealing and the sex trafficking of migrant women in New York City, and in some states armed members of the gang have been taking over apartment buildings.
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