Tren de Aragua is a gang that began in a state prison in Aragua, Venezuela. Their criminal activity includes human smuggling, drug trafficking, kidnapping and extortion, according to a report by the Texas Tribune.
Who is the leader of Tren de Aragua?
It is believed to have over 5,000 members. Tren de Aragua is led by Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias “Niño Guerrero”; he was incarcerated in Tocorón prison, which functioned as the organization’s de facto headquarters.
The Republican nominee, 78, told supporters in Aurora, Colo. he would go after the Venezuelan gang “Tren de Aragua” (TdA), whose members have infiltrated the city of just under 400,000.
At least 10 soldiers of the violent prison gang have been arrested in Aurora, where criminals have wreaked havoc and even taken over apartment complexes.
Trump asked at the top of his speech before taking aim at his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.
“Kamala has imported an army of illegal alien gang members and migrant criminals from the dungeons of the Third World,” Trump said.
“I will rescue Aurora and every town that has been invaded and conquered,” he went on, saying his administration will either “put these vicious and blood thirsty criminals in jail” or “get them the hell out of our country.”
“These are stone cold killers,” Trump added, urging Centennial State voters to turn out to protest what Democratic authorities have done “to the fabric of your culture.”
Two of the most heinous recent crimes believed to have involved illegal migrants were committed by members of TdA, authorities believe.
Jose Ibarra, the alleged killer of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, is a gang member — as are his two brothers, Homeland Security sources previously told The Post.
Additionally, the two migrant men accused of killing Houston 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray are suspected of having ties to the gang.
