President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice announcement Monday it Submit The first Rico’s price To 27 people linked to the Venezuela-based foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua.
The dangerous group whose members flooded the country under the Biden administration’s open border chaos has been linked to New York City criminal activity, the acquisition of Colorado apartments, and violent crimes in several other states.
“This isn’t just a street crime. It’s an organized assault and this gang respects the safety of New Yorkers to zero.”
The DOJ said Monday that six confirmed TDA members were charged as part of their first modest indictment. The second legal charges charged 19 former TDA members who formed the “anti-tren” that formed the Sprinter faction, and two individuals called “associates” of the derived group.
“Of the 27 defendants, 21 have federal custody, including 16 people who have already acquired federal criminal, immigrant or state custody, as well as five people who were arrested last night and today, in New York and other jurisdictions,” the DOJ said.
The individual was charged with “conspiracy, sex trafficking conspiracy, drug trafficking conspiracy, robbery and firearm crimes.”
Attorney General Pam Bondy said the indictment and arrests would “destroy the TDA’s infrastructure as we work to completely dismantle and cleanse this organization from our country.”
“As doubtful, Tren de Aragua is more than just a street gang. It’s a highly structured terrorist organization that has destroyed American families with brutal violence, engaged in human trafficking and spread deadly drugs through the community,” Bondy said.
Mathew Podolski, a US lawyer for the Southern District of New York, explained that the individual was charged on a long list of crimes that included murder and horror.
“Today’s indictment makes clear that the office will work tirelessly to keep residents safe in compliance with New York City laws and to hold those who commit violence on our streets accountable,” Podolski said.
New York City Police Chief Jessica Tish called the TDA “one of the most dangerous gangs in the country.”
“This isn’t just street crime, it’s an organized assault and shows that the gang respects New Yorkers’ safety to zero,” Tish said. “As allegedly in the indictment, these defendants wreaked havoc in our community, trafficking women for sexual exploitation, flooding our city with drugs, and committing violent crimes with illegal guns.”
The source said New York Post The incident began in October, and the arrest of the suspected gang continued as recently as Monday.
DOJ’s recent indictment shows it is the first time a TDA gang member has been accused of being a criminal organization since Trump labeled the group as a terrorist in March. Presidential Order.
“We have discovered and declared that the TDA is committing, attempting, and threatening an invasion or predatory invasion of US territory,” Trump said in EO.
If convicted, some of the suspects face up to five years in prison, while others are looking for life sentences.
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