Texas law enforcement agencies are aggressively arresting men illegally in the country who are confirmed members of the violent Venezuelan prison gang, Tren de Aragua (TDA).
Recent arrests are in San Antonio, Dallas and Houston.
San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus announced the results of a multi-agency task force operation launched after the SAPD received complaints “about multiple narcotics violations, human trafficking, and threats to apartment personnel” at an apartment complex in the northern part of the city.
The task force had information that TDA members “were in control of the area and committing various crimes” at the complex, he said. SAPD officers and DPS troopers cleared nearly 300 vacant apartments there on Saturday and processed over 20 people they arrested. Four are confirmed TDA members; one is a confirmed enforcer for the gang, he said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Enforcement and Removal Operations officers took all four into custody.
Of the 20 arrested, 19 have 15 ICE holds against them, he said. Several arrested have confirmed warrants; multiple individuals already had removal orders, he said.
“We want to assure the community and members of the public that we are committed to their safety,” he said. “We are on top of this TDA issue” and Saturday’s operation “is just one example of that commitment.” The apartment complex they targeted was “just the first one. We’ve got other places that we are going to hit,” he said.
The operation is ongoing, had been in the works for weeks and the gang had been operating in the city for several months, he said.
He also issued a warning to TDA gang members, saying: “We are on to you and we’re coming for you. We know where you are and we’re coming for you.”
Farther north, four Venezuelan TDA gang members were recently arrested for aggravated robbery of a woman in her home near the Dallas Fort Worth Airport after an hours-long stand-off with police, Fox 4 News reported. The robbery survivor was beaten with a gun, tied up and threatened to have her fingers cut off, WFAA News reported.
All four Venezuelan men arrested are illegally in the country and have ICE detainers. One was previously arrested by Colleyville police and was released one day before the robbery. Two others aren’t in custody.
In Houston, a Texas DPS special agent assigned to the Texas Anti-Gang Center arrested a TDA member also in the U.S. He was scheduled for an asylum hearing Oct. 7, Texas DPS announced.
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