Vazquez, who uses Instagram to advertise his law practice, started to individually call out gang members, such as those who belong to El Tren de Aragua. El Tren de Aragua is the top criminal organization in Venezuela that is involved in everything from drug trafficking to human smuggling.
Speaking with Vazquez in his office, he kept his cool as he explained what happened after my friend and colleague Juan Mendoza was the first to report about his running war with the Venezuelan gang members. While he had gotten death threats for exposing gang members and their social media handles prior to Mendoza’s report, Vazquez said the threats became more concrete after Mendoza’s video gained a lot of traction on X and Instagram.
“Now we are going to kill you. We have the green light, tell Trump’s witch to shield your house because we are going to blow it up,” was one message Vazquez got in Spanish after the report was published.
Gang members have also directly threaten his wife and children.
[Gee, maybe we should close the border to keep people like that out of the US, huh? — Ed]
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