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El Paso on high alert as dangerous Venezuelan gang described as 'MS-13 on steroids' surges into US
The Mexican border state of Chihuahua is on alert for members of a violent Venezuelan gang called Tren de Aragua, or TdA, after receiving reports that members of the gang were moving through the state to cross into the U.S. near El Paso, Texas.
Chihuahua Secretary of Public Safety Gilberto Loya warned Monday that Mexican authorities have seen a large number of individuals they believe are members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, or TdA, operating in the state and passing through to cross the U.S. border with Mexico near El Paso, according to a report from the Latin Times.
The report comes after the Treasury Department in July sanctioned TdA as a transnational criminal organization, noting that the gang has committed human trafficking, extortion, money laundering and drug trafficking that pose a "deadly criminal threat" across the Western Hemisphere.
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A Texas National Guard soldier stands on patrol near the banks of the Rio Grande on April 2, 2024, in El Paso, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
"Tren de Aragua leverages its transnational networks to traffic people, especially migrant women and girls, across borders for sex trafficking and debt bondage," the Treasury Department said in a statement at the time. "Tren de Aragua members often kill them and publicize their deaths as a threat to others."
U.S. officials warned earlier this month that the gang, which originated in Aragua, Venezuela, is infiltrating the United States, while Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas., has described TdA as "MS-13 on steroids."
"They're extremely aggressive. It's not as if they're a passive group, or they want to quietly go about things," Gonzales said in a phone interview with Fox News Digital earlier this month. "They're coming from Venezuela, one of the most war-torn countries over the last decade. So, they're battle-hardened in many ways. And they've made this trek from there to here. But they are also becoming … more organized and more brazen."....
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If only Kamala the Border Czar had done her job this wouldn't be a problem. Kamala failed at her job and does not deserve a promotion.