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‘Stunning security failure’: U.S. agents miss Venezuelan gang tattoos in scan for refugee approvals
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National, The Washington Times

‘Stunning security failure’: U.S. agents miss Venezuelan gang tattoos in scan for refugee approvals

By  Stephen Dinan | Washington Times The Department of Homeland Security greenlighted refugee applications for Venezuelan gang members after immigration officers failed to spot their gang tattoos, The Washington Times has learned. Kevin Grigsby, head of refugee operations at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said several members of the vicious Tren de Aragua gang were approved and made it to the U.S. border before a different agency spotted the tattoos and blocked them from entering. Experts said tattoos are a standard indicator of gang membership and expressed shock that USCIS was missing those red flags. Concerns have been heightened about TDA, whose members have been linked to a series of high-profile crimes. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON TIME...
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Aurora cover-up: Leaders downplayed Tren de Aragua gang threat while residents suffered
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Rocky Mountain Voice, State

Aurora cover-up: Leaders downplayed Tren de Aragua gang threat while residents suffered

By Heidi Ganahl | Rocky Mountain Voice In recent months, Aurora has become the focus of growing concerns regarding the infiltration of Tren de Aragua, a notorious Venezuelan criminal gang. The gang’s alleged involvement in local criminal activity, including the takeover of certain apartment complexes and the intimidation of residents, has left law enforcement, property managers, and the community on high alert. One key development occurred in late August 2024, when a video surfaced from a resident, showing armed members of TdA storming Aurora apartment units. The video, which quickly gained national attention, exposed the severity of the gang’s presence in the area and the risks it posed to residents and property management staff. The gang's aggressive tactics shocked many. Proper...
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Terrifying map reveals how bloodthirsty Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua has infiltrated America
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Daily Mail, National

Terrifying map reveals how bloodthirsty Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua has infiltrated America

By  Maryann Martinez | Daily Mail Terrifying new research has laid bare how notorious Venezuelan super gang Tren de Aragua's criminal tentacles have spread across America. Members of the violent migrant gang TdA have crept into the US hidden among the one million Venezuelan migrants who have entered the country during the Biden administration.    Arrest data shared with DailyMail.com has now revealed that the tattooed gangsters are operating in even more US cities than originally feared - with San Antonio, Texas, the latest hub of activity.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY MAIL
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Ex-ICE official John Fabbricatore warns Tren de Aragua growing faster than MS-13
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Fox News, National, State

Ex-ICE official John Fabbricatore warns Tren de Aragua growing faster than MS-13

By  Adam Shaw | Fox News A former ICE field director is warning that a violent Venezuelan gang is more organized than the infamous MS-13, and is backing former President Donald Trump’s plan to stamp out the gang in Colorado and across the U.S. John Fabbricatore, who served as an ICE field director and is currently a GOP congressional candidate in Colorado, told Fox News Digital that he would not describe Tren de Aragua as a gang. The organization has popped up throughout the U.S. and has been linked to a number of crimes amid the crisis at the southern border. "TdA is a true organization. They're not a gang. They have a better structure than MS-13 ever had. So I think that's the difference and if we look at TdA, just in the amount of time that TdA have been in the United...
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Tren de Aragua seizes four apartment complexes in major Texas city in new show of strength
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Daily Mail, National

Tren de Aragua seizes four apartment complexes in major Texas city in new show of strength

By  Maryann Martinez | Daily Mail A dangerous Venezuelan gang has taken over at least four apartment complexes in San Antonio, Texas, as it expands its reach in yet another America city, DailyMail.com can reveal. Dubbed the 'epitome of evil', Tren de Aragua (TdA) is known to run drug smuggling, child prostitution and human trafficking rings in South America, with its members crossing over into the US in recent years amid a wave of Venezuelan migrants.  The tattooed mobsters have since unleashed a wave of crime across the country from Miami and Texas to Denver and New York.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY MAIL
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‘This was a takeover’: CBZ Management no longer silent on violent TdA activity in Aurora
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Local, Rocky Mountain Voice

‘This was a takeover’: CBZ Management no longer silent on violent TdA activity in Aurora

Jurinsky: 'Police chief leadership and city management lied' By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice A property management company, which has been vilified in Aurora as a slumlord, has begun to speak out through a new social media account. They are providing, in the words of Paul Harvey, the rest of the story. In 2019, CBZ Management was hired to manage Aurora apartment properties by the new owners. The properties were in poor condition and CBZ Management was assigned renovation to increase the rent value, the company's first posting on Oct. 11 reads. "We understood this project would take years to yield results and would be both time-consuming and costly, involving comprehensive upgrades to every unit and the overall structure," the Twitter/X post from @CbzManagement reads. ...
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Juvenile illegal immigrant gang members behind robbery spree stay out of jail due to age
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Fox News, National

Juvenile illegal immigrant gang members behind robbery spree stay out of jail due to age

By  Michael Ruiz | Fox News Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan prison gang whose name means Train of Aragua, is putting the loco in locomotive with a New York City robbery spree that sees its young members repeatedly stay out of jail. Juvenile illegal immigrants in the gang have been attacking people in the Big Apple's famed Times Square and other landmark locations but remain free due to the Empire State's lenient laws on juvenile crime, according to the NYPD's Detective Bureau Assistant Chief Jason Savino. "It's shocking to say the least, and we've seen a progression with this group," Savino told "Fox & Friends" Tuesday morning. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
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J.D. Vance rips ABC’s Martha Raddatz as she downplays Venezuelan gang takeover in Colorado: ‘Do you hear yourself?’
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National, New York Post, State

J.D. Vance rips ABC’s Martha Raddatz as she downplays Venezuelan gang takeover in Colorado: ‘Do you hear yourself?’

By Ryan King | The New York Post Republican vice presidential hopeful JD Vance went off on ABC News correspondent Martha Raddatz Sunday after she tried to fact-check the senator from Ohio about the presence of Venezuelan migrant gangs in Aurora, Colo. Former President Donald Trump, 78, stumped in the Denver suburb Friday and vented that the Tren de Aragua (TdA) crime syndicate had “overrun” the city. “The incidents were limited to a handful of apartment complexes — apartment complexes and the mayor said our dedicated police officers have acted on those concerns,” Raddatz, 71, told Vance on ABC’s “This Week.” READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NEW YORK POST
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Tren de Aragua gang member arrested for recruiting at Houston middle school
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Breitbart, National

Tren de Aragua gang member arrested for recruiting at Houston middle school

By Bob Price | Breitbart Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrested a Venezuelan migrant for allegedly recruiting middle school students into the violent Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang. Texas DPS troopers arrested 32-year-old Jorgenys Robertson Cova in Houston on October 7, Fox 26 Houston reported. The arrest of the Venezuelan migrant who entered the U.S. illegally during the Biden-Harris administration sent shockwaves through the southwest Houston community of Sharpstown. Cova is suspected of recruiting middle school students for the Tren de Aragua gang. Residents of the Sharpstown community, where the schools are located, expressed concern over the growing threat. Janice, a local resident, remarked, “A lot of things have happened that are on the news, so if it’s happeni...
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Records: Venezuelan gangs terrorized each other before entering national spotlight
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coloradopolitics.com, Local

Records: Venezuelan gangs terrorized each other before entering national spotlight

By Carol McKinley | Colorado Politics Before they became national news, young Venezuelan gang members in Colorado were harassing each other at gunpoint, stealing cars to commit other crimes and crashing wherever they could find a bed, according to arrest documents obtained by The Denver Gazette. One particular set of crimes involving two of the 10 Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members arrested by Aurora police involved an entanglement of mostly 20-something Venezuelan immigrants in a what appeared to be a free-for-all turf war. Documents reviewed by The Denver Gazette tell the stories.  READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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