{"id":4587,"date":"2025-02-08T16:06:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T16:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=4587"},"modified":"2025-02-08T16:06:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T16:06:22","slug":"surprise-venezuelan-gangsters-trafficking-guns-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=4587","title":{"rendered":"Surprise: Venezuelan Gangsters Trafficking Guns In U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screen-Shot-2025-02-03-at-8.54.59-AM.png\" data-caption=\"DHS Secretary Kristi Noem briefs interagency officers before a NYC raid that netted a Tren de Aragua leader.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">DHS Secretary Kristi Noem briefs interagency officers before a NYC raid that netted a Tren de Aragua leader.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Biden Administration\u2019s open-border policy over the past four years has been dangerous to our country in several different ways. Of course, one of the most obvious is that Biden\u2019s policy encouraged hardened criminals, including murderers, rapists and child traffickers, to stream into the country and prey on American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>It should come as no surprise to TTAG readers that when members of the vicious Venezuela gang Tren de Aragua crossed the border, they didn\u2019t come here just for the free phones, taxpayer-funded lodging and to pursue the American dream. Most will remember that gang members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/american-citizens-trapped-by-violent-migrant-gang-in-aurora-colorado\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">took over some apartment buildings<\/a> in Colorado. In fact, they came to ply their trade of violence and terror in a more criminal-friendly environment.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/venezuelan-gang-members-indicted-sprawling-gun-trafficking-ring-118241545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">recent ABCnews.com report<\/a>, in late January, 10 members of associates of the Venezuelan gang were indicted on charges of running a nationwide gun-trafficking scheme in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>An announcement by Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz stated that of those arrested in the plot, two were taken into custody in Texas and Florida. Four others were taken into custody in New York in an operation in which a city police officer was injured during the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result of our investigation, 34 dangerous weapons are now off the streets, and we are dismantling this gang as it attempts to establish itself locally,\u201d Katz said. According to Katz, the organization had intentions of taking the gun-trafficking scheme internationally, which, of course, is also illegal.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ABCnews.com report, the group used the telephone app WhatsApp to communicate about the gun sales, and some of those sales were made in broad daylight in parking lots or by hiding guns in trash bags.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, President Donald Trump\u2019s views on the border are vastly different than Bidens, and his actions since inauguration day have proven him to be serious about getting violent criminals out of the country as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE (Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) have arrested at least 30 Tren de Aragua members since the president\u2019s crackdown on illegal immigrants in the country, and also MS-13 members in the country illegally and members of a Haitian gang.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s efforts at stopping criminals from entering the country have been no less successful. The success of that endeavor is easily demonstrated by a single week in late January.<\/p>\n<p>On January 29, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks posted on X: \u201cIn the past seven days, U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 4,577 individuals attempting to enter the country illegally, a significant 55% decrease from the previous week\u2019s 10,281 apprehensions. This trend indicates that our enhanced border security measures produce results \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/surprise-venezuelan-gangsters-trafficking-guns-in-u-s\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHS Secretary Kristi Noem briefs interagency officers before a NYC raid that netted a Tren de Aragua leader. The Biden Administration\u2019s open-border policy over the past four years has been dangerous to our country in several different ways. Of course, one of the most obvious is that Biden\u2019s policy encouraged hardened criminals, including murderers, rapists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}