The notorious Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, is aware that come January 20, the United States border enforcement policies are going to change. In response, that gang is trying to storm the border crossings to get as many members into the United States as possible before that date.
Knife-wielding Tren de Aragua gang members are mobbing border crossings at El Paso, Texas, in an attempt to break into the US — and have said they will attack border guards who try to stop them, according to a shocking Texas law enforcement memo leaked to The Post.
Last week, 20 of the Venezuelan gangbangers — armed with blades, tire irons and broken liquor bottles — tried to force their way into the US at a border gate, the missive from the Texas Department of Public Safety read.
This sounds awfully like an armed incursion by foreign invaders - irregulars but an invasion nonetheless. And the gangs and the cartels who are helping with illegal border crossings know that a new sheriff is taking over in a few days.
The brutal prison gang is becoming increasingly more desperate to seed more members into the US before President-elect Donald Trump takes over, said Victor Avila, a retired agent for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
“You’re seeing that violence at the border because they know that it’s going to change in 27 days. It’s going to change. It’s going to be different, and they’re going to be sought after,” he told The Post.
Texas authorities were alerted to the gangbangers’ attempts to force their way into the US by an anonymous informant, who said the violent border break-ins by the gang “would continue every night” at around 3 a.m.
By "sought after," we can hope that reads as, "Tren de Aragua members will be hunted down like mad dogs and deported," because that would be the sane move, given this notorious prison gang's track record. But Mr. Avila, the retired HSI agent, has a more chilling warning for us:
The latest warning of the gang’s increased violence is linked an anti-American ideology that Avila compared to terrorist groups.
“I think that TdA is coming in with an instruction from their home country. And I think that their ideology is more of a terrorist ideology of destruction,” said Avila.
“They hate the United States just like terrorists do and they will kill, destroy, take over businesses, take over stores and take over apartment complexes, do whatever they have to do to destroy our way of life in the US,” he added.
If this is true, it puts a completely different angle on what is going on.
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If Mr. Avila is correct, if the Venezuelan government is directing this, then that warrants a rather direct response to the Venezuelan regime -- and to President Nicolás Maduro.
But first, the border has to be under control. At the moment, it's not. Illegal immigrants are still flooding into the United States, and Tren de Aragua gangsters are only part of the problem. In fiscal 2024 alone, almost three million illegal invaders crossed into the United States. As many as two million more may have entered undetected. While the bulk are from Latin America, there are also illegals crossing from the Middle East, North Africa, the Caribbean (most notably Haiti), and, alarmingly, China.
They enter the United States illegally. Even when apprehended, they are generally given a notice to appear and are released, after which they disappear. There are millions of people here illegally, and we have little to no idea where most of them are or what they are doing.
This mess was years in the making. It will likely take years to clean up. And it will yield bitter fruit before the job is done. And the blame can be - must be - laid at the feet of the Biden administration and its senseless, useless border policies.
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