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From the New York Post: The vicious Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua has expanded its territory to at least 16 US states — an area that includes half of America’s population, The Post has learned.
Homeland Security officials last week were warned in an internal department intelligence memo about TdA’s growing presence across the country, most recently in Washington, DC, Virginia, Montana and Wyoming.
The gang already has footholds in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin, according to the memo and previous reporting by The Post.
Other states the TdA gang has spread to are Maryland, Virginia, Rhode Island, Montana, and Wyoming, according to a map provided by the New York Post.
The DHS memo noted that as the migrant population has increased, so has the numbers of TdA gang members, including in the Washington, D.C. area.
The memo also warns that TdA members are “frequently overlooked and/or categorized as other Hispanic/South American organized crime groups, since TdA members often do not publicly self-identify as TdA.
TdA members residing in Washington, D.C. are traveling to nearby suburbs in northern Virginia to carry out thefts, robberies and assaults, the memo stated.
The TdA members are also involved in fraud schemes and sending money back to South America. The report shared details of one incident in which “a suspected Tren de Aragua member withdrew $118,000 from a Florida bank account with “fraudulent check deposits” and wired the money to bank accounts in Venezuela before any fraud was detected.”
NEW: The vicious Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua has expanded its territory to at least 16 US states — an area that includes half of America’s population, per a DHS memo we obtained.
The latest include Wyoming, Montana, Virginia, and DC.https://t.co/8NFxJbzjdo pic.twitter.com/jeX58lwKrh
— Jennie Taer 🎗️ (@JennieSTaer) November 19, 2024
The American people have given Trump a mandate to enforce immigration law, but Democrat leaders say they will refuse to comply
Meanwhile, the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua has spread to 16 states
There must be consequences for officials who continue to facilitate this invasion pic.twitter.com/yQyNR7icg7
— America (@america) November 19, 2024
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