NYC and Chicago Police Try to Curb Growth of Tren de Aragua Gang

Lauren Taylor

A VENEZUELAN GANG HAS NOW REACHED NEW YORK CITY.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE COMMITTING TO CONTROLLING THE GROWTH OF “TREN DE ARAGUA”… A GANG THAT STARTED IN A VENEZUELA JAIL… AND HAS SPREAD TO THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES.

ACCORDING TO THE NYPD, THE GANG IS BEHIND A SERIES OF SHOP THEFTS THAT HAVE AFFECTED EXPENSIVE PRODUCTS.

OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO LINKED THE “TREN DE ARAGUA” TO ROBBERY-DRIVER ROBBIES… WHERE GANG MEMBERS RIDE SCOOTERS AND TAKE CELL PHONES AND EXPENSIVE WATCHES FROM PEOPLE ON THE STREET.

THE NYPD’S CHIEF OF DETECTIVES SAYS THERE WERE 415 SCOOTER-RELATED ROBBIES IN EARLY JUNE, BUT AS OF SEPTEMBER 10, THAT NUMBER HAS DOUBLED.

SO FAR, THE NYPD HAS IDENTIFIED 24 MEMBERS OF THE “TREN DE ARAGUA” OUT OF THE 14,000 KNOWN GANG MEMBERS IN THE CITY.

BUT THEY BELIEVE THAT THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF “TREN DE ARAGUA” IS MUCH HIGHER.

POLICE SAY THEY FILLED UP QUICKLY WITH THE PEOPLE… AND THE GANG IS SUSPECTED TO BE RECRUITING MEMBERS WHO ARRIVED IN THE U.S. FROM THE CITY’S MIGRANT SHELTERS.

IN CHICAGO, TENSION IS RISING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY AS MEMBERS OF “TREN DE ARAGUA” HAVE ALSO MOVED TO THAT AREA.

SOME FEAR A CONFLICT BETWEEN LOCAL GANGS AND THEIR VENEZULAN COUNTERPARTS.

TYRONE MUHAMMAD, A FORMER CHICAGO GANG MEMBER WHO SERVED 20 YEARS IN PRISON, TOLD “THE NEW YORK POST” …

“IF THE BLACK GANGS HERE CONSIDER THE ILLEGALITIES AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF THOSE MIGRANTS OR NON-CITIZENS SO …

POLICE IN AURORA, COLORADO HAVE CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF VENEZULAN GANGS … AFTER THIS VIDEO OF GANG MEMBERS WITH GUNS IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING … WENT VIRAL.

POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE INCIDENT IN AURORA IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO “TREN DE ARAGUA”.

FOR SAN… I AM LAUREN TAYLOR…

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