The FBI is aware of and has begun tracking Venezuelan-based gang Tren de Aragua whose member was suspected in Georgia nursing student Laken Riley's murder.
is aware of and has begun tracking the Venezuelan-based gang Tren de Aragua, a criminal cross-border organization that is said to be more violent than MS-13 and whose member is suspected in the murder of Georgia nursing student
“That’s the vehicle through which we are looking at TDA, whether it’s leaders, members, associates,” Wray said. “We have ongoing engagement with intelligence community partners, state local law enforcement in some cases, foreign partners, in looking at whether it’s their drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping for ransom, you know, different kinds of violent crime, different kinds of trafficking and smuggling, even things like organized retail theft.
Gonzales warned that the border crisis had entered a new phase, now in its fourth year since it commenced early on in 2021 when President Joe Biden took office and rescinded Trump administration immigration protocols.
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