by R. Cort Kirkwood, The New American:
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro is helping members of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) terror gang infiltrate the United States to spread crime and mayhem, the FBI says. Worse still, they are detailed to murder Venezuelans here who oppose the Marxist strongman’s regime.
Fox News Digital revealed that assessment based upon unclassified portions of secret documents.
The news follows major federal indictments of TdA members. Yesterday, the Justice Department (DOJ) indicted a TdA member for terrorism and drug trafficking. On Monday, DOJ indicted more than two dozen TdA members for crimes including robbery, racketeering, and sex and drug trafficking.
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The FBI assessment is more proof that President Donald Trump rightly invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport gang members.
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TdA to Strike Hard Within 18 Months
The FBI assessment includes the conclusion that Venezuelan officials “‘likely facilitate’ the migration of members of the violent gang Tren de Aragua from Venezuela to the United States to advance the Maduro regime’s objective of undermining public safety in the U.S.,” Fox reported.
As well, those officials use TdA goons as “proxies for the Maduro regime in an effort to destabilize Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and the United States,” an FBI official told the website.
And in the next six to 18 months, Fox continued, “Venezuelan government officials likely will attempt to leverage Tren de Aragua members in the United States as proxy actors to threaten, abduct and kill” regime critics here.
A top official in the office of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard confirmed the FBI’s assessment. “This information and intelligence are the most robust and accurate given their focus on domestic security and crimes, versus limited intelligence assessments from other intelligence elements who by law focus solely on foreign intelligence collection and who, until President Trump took office, had very limited resources focused on TdA,” the official told Fox.
The official also said the Maduro regime provides “sanctuary” to the terror gang. And because the regime aids and abets the gang’s activities, it promotes terrorism against the United States. Trump declared TdA and other gangs terrorist organizations on January 20. A month later, the State Department published the terror designations.
The official said that unlike most countries, the Maduro regime has “been eager to welcome violent TdA criminals back to Venezuela, providing further proof they see them as allies. Again, this mirrors the behavior of the Taliban in Afghanistan and other Middle Eastern failed states like Syria and Libya that have welcomed terrorists with open arms.”
TdA Indictments
Yesterday, DOJ indicted TdA operative Jose Enrique Martinez Flores — gang moniker “Chuqui.” The five-count superseding indictment charges the 24-year-old Venezuelan with supporting a terror organization and distributing cocaine. A superseding indictment replaces a previous indictment.
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