Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua takes over San Antonio apartments, spreading crime across U.S.

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A dangerous Venezuelan gang has taken over at least four apartment complexes in San Antonio, Texas, as it expands its reach in yet another America city, DailyMail can reveal.

Dubbed the ‘epitome of evil’, Tren de Aragua (TdA) is known to run drug smuggling, child prostitution and human trafficking rings in South America, with its members crossing over into the US in recent years amid a wave of Venezuelan migrants.

The tattooed mobsters have since unleashed a wave of crime across the country from Miami and Texas to Denver and New York.

Just last week a small army of police officers raided an apartment complex in San Antonio and arrested 19 individuals – including four gang members.

Law enforcement sources confirmed TdA had been operating at the Palatia Apartments for five to six months – squatting in empty units they either rented out to other migrants, used as a base to deal cocaine or, most horrifically, as prostitution dens to pimp out women and children.

But now DailyMail can reveal that this apartment invasion is just the tip of the iceberg in the major southern Texas city, with at least three other rental properties also occupied by the criminal organization. – Source

A Venezuelan gang named Tren de Aragua has been making headlines lately in Texas. Most recently, four members were arrested in a multi-agency drug bust that took place at an apartment complex on San Antonio’s north side on Oct. 5 – NBC

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A confirmed Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang member has been arrested for allegedly recruiting students from two Houston middle schools to become new gang members.

Jorgenys Robertson Cova, an illegal alien from Venezuela, entered the United States two years ago, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The 32-year-old was arrested Monday after a string of alleged thefts.

Cova is also alleged to have recruited middle school students from Jane Long Academy and Las Americas, which are part of Houston Independent School District. – FOX

The alleged ringleader of a brutal robbery in an upscale Dallas neighborhood that shocked Texans is a confirmed Tren de Aragua gang member who was welcomed into the country just last year, sources told The Post. Venezuelan illegal migrant Wilmer Colmenares Gonzalez, 27, allegedly held police at bay for hours after the robbery squad followed the victim into her garage, pistol-whipped her and forced her into her home in Northwest Dallas, where they made off with the valuables inside the woman’s Gucci handbag on Sept. 21, according to cops. – NYPost

The Dallas Police Department confirms to the DailyMail.com that the Tren De Aragua gang is operating in North Texas. This notorious South American gang, known for sex trafficking and targeting fellow Venezuelans, entered the U.S. with asylum-seeking migrants. Their criminal activities now stretch from Miami to New York. Recently, gang members were caught on video in Aurora, Colorado, storming an apartment complex with assault rifles. – msn

The Texas Department of Public Safety along with the FBI, Homeland Security, Border Patrol and other agencies arrested more than a dozen people some, police say, are connected to the notorious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

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The massive operation early Saturday morning was in response to reports of human trafficking, narcotics violations and threats to apartment staff at a complex in the 10300 block of Sahara Drive on the north side of San Antonio, according to police. – NBC

A Venezuelan gang named Tren de Aragua has been making headlines lately in Texas. Most recently, four members were arrested in a multi-agency drug bust that took place at an apartment complex on San Antonio’s north side on Oct. 5.

According to San Antonio police, they were charged with narcotics violations, human smuggling and threats to apartment employees at the complex on Sahara Drive near Highway 281. – abc

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