The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the arrest of Trende Aragua (TDA) gang members from Venezuela on Friday.
Franklin Jose Zimenez Bracho was the first person to be detained under the alien enemy laws that President Donald Trump evoked last week, officials said.
“Tren de Aragua is a dangerous foreign terrorist organization that has invaded our soil,” Ice Director Todd Lyons said while adjacent to FHP members at a press conference Friday afternoon. “TDA penetrates the US, the northern border, the southern border, and the waterways.
“Many of these members are cold-blooded killers, rapists, burglars, drug traffickers, weapons traffickers, and human traffickers. They are accused of the most heinous crimes committed within our neighborhoods and communities.
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Franklin Jose Zimenez Bracho was the first person to be detained under the alien enemy laws that President Trump evoked on Saturday, officials said. (Florida Department of Law Enforcement, ICE)
The Lions pointed out that Trump has pledged to eradicate violent TDA gang members as a top priority.
“We are proud that in the last 48 hours, ICE, along with local partners and other fellow federal agencies, have arrested more than 68 gang members, and that US terrorists have arrested them,” Lions said. “To date, we have arrested 394 of these terrorists. Our goal is to eradicate TDA from the soil of the United States. We will not tolerate their illegal presence or the threat they pose to the American people.”
ICE Director Todd Lyons will speak at a press conference with members of Florida law enforcement after the state made its first arrest in the country through alien enemy law. (WOFL/Pool)
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Jimenez-Brach is a human trafficker and smuggler and is part of an ongoing investigation, officials said.
“During the operation, Fdle Special Agents quickly led Bracho to an FHP trooper and a group of other task force members who cuffed him,” the Florida Department of Law Enforcement wrote in X about Jimenez-Bracho's arrest.
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“One more, Florida will lead,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wrote to X.
