Experts on the international criminal organization Torren de Aragua (TdA) say that if sanctuary city and state policies are allowed to continue, the United States will soon face targeted assassinations across the country. I'm warning you.
“The next step is targeted assassinations,” said José Gustavo Arocha, a former lieutenant colonel in the Venezuelan army. “That's what happened in Venezuela, that's what's happening in Latin America, and it's going to happen here in the United States.”
Torren de Aragua, which means “Train from Aragua,” is a large-scale criminal terrorist organization that originated in a Venezuelan prison ten years ago. In addition to Venezuela, the group has already established a significant presence in countries of the American South, including Colombia, Peru, and Chile, and is present in 30 major U.S. cities.
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Arocha, who fled the country after being imprisoned for eight months by socialist Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, said TdA is a “state-backed Maduro regime organization” that was formed and trained by the Venezuelan government and is It is said to sow chaos, violence and discord. Western hemisphere.
“Now is the perfect time to take action,” he said. “If we allow them to grow up, they will become more integrated into the community, and it will be difficult for us to take action against them, which will be painful for American society.”
He said recent moves to reduce police funding and legislate sanctuary city and sanctuary state policies further embolden TdA to carry out crimes with impunity. He said it was a thing.
If these policies are allowed to continue, he said, TdA will “spread across the United States” like a “disease.”
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Alleged members of the Torren de Aragua gang took over an apartment in Aurora, Colorado, demanding rent in exchange for “protection.” (Edward Romero)
“When I heard the words 'defund the police' last year, [movement]I said… “Something is going to happen here because it's the same strategy,'' he explained, “If there's no rule of law, there's no police, so it seems like a special basis for this kind of incident.'' They set up organizations and then they control society because there is no police, no rule of law. They're going to do whatever they want. ”
Who will be in Torren de Aragua's crosshairs? Arocha said TdA's primary targets will be law enforcement officers such as rank-and-file police officers, police chiefs and sheriffs, as well as the elected officials who try to police them.
Arocha said that in addition to law enforcement and political leaders, TdA is also likely to target enemies of the Maduro regime and refugees.
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According to Jessica Vaughan, director of policy research at the Center for Immigration Studies, the TdA assassination in the United States has already begun.
She cited the case of Yulwin Salazar, a TdA member who allegedly beat, tortured and killed a former Venezuelan police officer named José Luis Sánchez Barrera in Miami in November 2023. In addition to the murder, Salazar also stole a former police officer's life savings.
Agreeing with Aloka, Vaughan said conservation policies are particularly detrimental to efforts to combat TdA.
“Sanctuary policies should be abolished,” she said. “It’s important that these local law enforcement agencies be able to share information with ICE and vice versa.”
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“It's no coincidence that many of these TDA members are in sanctuary jurisdictions like Chicago, Colorado, and New York. They know they can hide behind their sanctuary policies, and that's why these communities One of the reasons for choosing them is knowing that the local authorities are not going to hand them over to immigration officials and deport them,” she explained.
While some individual states, such as Texas, have taken significant steps to eradicate TdA, ultimately the federal government will need to lead the effort and incorporate all aspects of government to dismantle the group. She said there is.
“It's too big a problem to solve at the local level,” she says. “And one of the most important elements of the campaign to eliminate TdA is building more effective partnerships with local law enforcement, especially in areas where TdA has been operating, some of which are sanctuary jurisdictions.” Local law enforcement and ICE, which are imposed for political reasons, must be abolished.”
