Members of the violent Venezuelan prison gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), continue to expand criminal operations in western states, including in Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
As the border crisis escalated, a record number of illegal border crossers from Venezuela were released into the country by the Biden administration and TdA violence expanded nationwide.
In Arizona, the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office arrested a confirmed TdA member as part of a human smuggling case. The 25-year-old Venezualan illegally entered in Texas, claiming asylum, and was released into the U.S. by the Biden administration, KVOA News 4 reported.
In Colorado, a TdA crime wave made international headlines prompting the Aurora Police Department to create a task force involving state, local and federal law enforcement partners to target TdA criminal activity.
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