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‘MS-13 on steroids’: Tren de Aragua Venezuelan prison gang spreading around the U.S.
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‘MS-13 on steroids’: Tren de Aragua Venezuelan prison gang spreading around the U.S.

By Jorge Ventura, Rich Johnson | News Nation It started in a prison in the Venezuelan state of Aragua nearly a decade ago. Now, the gang known as “Tren de Aragua” (TDA) has expanded into what the Justice Department calls a “transnational criminal organization” with branches in most of the Western Hemisphere. TDA figures in more than 100 police investigations around the U.S., including Texas, New York, Colorado and Wisconsin. And, according to reports, its leaders have given members the green light to open fire on U.S. law enforcement. “This TDA is a very special threat,” said former New York State Homeland Security adviser Michael Balboni. “They’ve created a transnational drug pipeline,” he told NewsNation. READ THE FULL STORY AT NEWS NATION
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Mexican drug cartels are operating in southern Colorado, DEA agent says
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Mexican drug cartels are operating in southern Colorado, DEA agent says

By Sarah Ferguson | Fox 31 News Two Mexican drug cartels that are responsible for the fentanyl smuggled into the U.S. are operating in Colorado, said the Drug Enforcement Administration. As part of an exclusive, new partnership with the DEA’s Rocky Mountain Field Division, Nexstar’s FOX21 News in Colorado Springs spoke to Special Agent in Charge Jonathan Pullen about the unprecedented action the DEA is taking to target every aspect of the global fentanyl supply chain. “We use technology to identify who they are, where they are, who they are communicating with and we try to identify the entire network; so, the distribution side, the supply side, and the money laundering side and we try to go after all of those folks at the same time,” said Pullen. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX...
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Mexican drug cartels are operating in southern Colorado, DEA says
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Mexican drug cartels are operating in southern Colorado, DEA says

By Sarah Ferguson | Fox21 News Two Mexican drug cartels that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said are responsible for the fentanyl smuggled into the U.S., are operating in Colorado. As part of an exclusive, new partnership with the DEA’s Rocky Mountain Field Division, FOX21 News spoke to Special Agent in Charge Jonathan Pullen about the unprecedented action the DEA is taking to target every aspect of the global fentanyl supply chain. “We use technology to identify who they are, where they are, who they are communicating with, and we try to identify the entire network; so the distribution side, the supply side, and the money laundering side and we try to go after all of those folks at the same time,” said Pullen. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX21 NEWS
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