The Venezuelan Nicolas Maduro socialist dictator on Thursday claimed that former US President Joe Biden's administration helped Tren de Aragua terrorist organization expand to the US after establishing a foothold in Colombia .
Maduro made his claims during an official administration event, asking US President Donald Trump to request reports from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). “Tren the Aragua.
“I say with tribute to President Donald Trump and ask for reports from the FBI and DEA from the Columbia office for the past four years, and as you can see, President Trump has overseen the famous directors. “We supplied Tren de Aragua to bring it to Colombia and to the US,” Maduro said.
“And we know that here in Venezuela, we've defeated, torn and ended violent criminal groups that have tried to use from Colombia with deep ties to the former Biden administration to bring terrorism to Venezuela. Ask for a report of the truth,” he continued.
A socialist dictator, who did not provide evidence of FBI and DEA reports, once again claimed that his administration had “dismantled” Venezuela's “extinct” Tren de Lagua. Maduro further argued that the criminal organization “wanted to attack the country's cities with terrorism, and we acted in the Intelligence Report to prevent it.”
“President Trump, ask for those reports so you can see, I say this with integrity and respect. I said.
US Department of State specified Trend Aragua as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) on Thursday along with six Mexican drug cartels and El Salvador's Malasal Battle Cha (MS-13). Tren de Aragua, now officially designated as an FTO, originally began in 2012 as a gang of local trade unions in Aragua, Venezuela. Over the next decade, it experienced a dramatic expansion into full-scale multinational criminal organizations under the tacit approval of the Maduro regime. I was believed To maintain a deep tie.
Maduro's generous prison policy Proliferation of Planat – The pseudo-Feefdam system Venezuelan gangs maintain across prisons across the country to enable gang leaders to effectively coordinate criminal activity from within prisons, and has also contributed to the expansion of trending lagua. did.
Throughout 2024, Some member Of the Maduro regime, Tren de Aragua repeatedly claimed that it “doesn't exist,” and gangs were fictional “inventions of international media” that tried to undermine the image of illicit Venezuelan socialists. In reality, there is an extensive list of crimes committed by US members, including but not limited to human trafficking networks. Louisianaa series of robbers new yorkand fentanyl Human trafficking In South Carolina.
Last week, with the Minister of Home Affairs of Venezuela. I wanted it Drag Road Diosdado Cabello I insisted All of the approximately 300 Venezuelan illegal immigrants who had been deported from the US up until then have links to Tren de Aragua, and “only 17” allegedly have criminal history in Venezuela. I'm doing it.
The Maduro administration maintains claims that Tren de Aragua was “dismantled” in September 2023 after Venezuelan security officials.Attack“Tokoron, the prison that served as its main operational base. Tokoron and other Venezuelan prisons were It's empty As part of their prisoners at the time, as part of their security operations.
Under the implicit approval of the Maduro administration, Tren de Aragua leader Hector “Children” Guerrero is renovating Tocorn with a wide range of “amenities” including zoos, baseball fields, bars, casinos, nightclubs and banks. It was done. , pools, playgrounds, and even their own Cryptocurrency Farms while the Venezuelan National Guard provides external security to the facility.
Mainly experts believe The Maduro regime negotiated with Guerrero before the “raid” so that he and his top brass could safely escape Tocologne from a series of tunnels at some point before the raid. The tunnel that connected the prison to a nearby lake is said to have been used by gangs to enter and exit the prison in their spare time. Guerrero's whereabouts remained unknown since the “attack.”
A few weeks after Tokoron “Raid,” the Cook County Sheriff's Office in Chicago, Illinois. It is reportedly Confirmed There is Tren de Aragua there. Other US cities confirmed the existence of the following gangs A few months.
According to the Venezuelan socialist regime, Tren de Aragua “does not exist” but dictator Nicolas Maduro I insisted In August, Tren de Aragua is said to be behind a national wave of protests in Venezuela against his administration after Maduro won a highly rigged presidential election in late July. Maduro responded to the protest by unleashing crackdowns on brutal persecution campaign UN experts say 27 people have been killed and more than 2,400 have been detained.
Christian K. Calzo is a Venezuelan writer and documents life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter here.
