First on Fox: The Ministry of Justice accused a high -ranking member of Tren of Aragua on terrorism and international drug distribution accusations – the first time the US government has used accusations of terrorism to prosecute a violent gang member.
An indictment replaced at five clerks was not sealed on Wednesday, and obtained for the first time by Fox News Digital, invoicing Jose Enrique Martinez Flores, also known as “Chuqui”, with conspiracy to provide and provide material support to an designated foreign terrorist organization.
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Flores would be a high -ranking member of Tren of Aragua, who would be a boss of the place in Bogota, Colombia. He would be part of the inner circle of the senior leadership of Tren from Aragua, Fox News Digital learned.
Flores was also responsible for conspiracy and cocaine distribution in Colombia for distribution in the United States.
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“ADD is not a street gang – it is a very structured terrorist organization that has been told in our country during the previous administration,” said Prosecutor General Pam Bondi to Fox News Digital. “Today’s accusations represent a inflection point in the way this Ministry of Justice will continue and eventually dismantle this poor organization, which destroyed American families and poisoned our communities.”
FBI director Kash Patel told Fox News Digital that Tren of Aragua is a “violent arm of the Maduro regime operating inside our borders”.
“With these costs, we use all the tools available to face them as the transnational threat they are,” Patels in Fox News Digital told. “From drug trafficking and human smuggling to brutal violence, this group inflicted chaos on American communities.”
Patel added: “Today’s indictment is an essential step to dismantle their network and hold its responsible members.”
The Colombian authorities arrested Flores in Colombia on March 30, in accordance with a provisional arrest warrant that the United States asked for.
The Trump Department of State has appointed Tren of Aragua as a worldwide terrorist and terrorist organization specially appointed on February 20.
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“This is the first time that the DOJ has used accusations of terrorism to continue the members of ADD,” said MJ in Fox News Digital. “The appointment of the foreign terrorist organization of President Trump means that we have a more complete suite of legal options to use against these groups.”
The indictment comes after the Trump administration filed its first racketeering accusations – also known as Rico’s accusations, who understand the conspiracy to commit murder, sex trafficking, assault, drugs and more – against Tren de Aragua and its associates in New York on Tuesday.
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This case was part of “Operation Take Back America”, which, according to her, is a “national initiative which brings together the full resources of the Ministry of Justice To repel the invasion of illegal immigration, carry out the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCO) and protect our communities from violent crimes. “”
The accusations filed against 27 alleged current and former members of Tren of Aragua include human smuggling, sex trafficking and murder.
The American lawyer’s office for the South New York district said that 21 of the 27 members and associates of alleged gangs were currently in federal detention. The press release said 16 were already in the federal criminal, immigration or police custody, and five have been arrested in the past two days.
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The indictment also occurs after Fox News Digital reported exclusively that the FBI assesses that the officials of the Venezuelan government “probably facilitate” the migration of the members of the violent gang Tren of Aragua From Venezuela to the United States to advance the goal of the Maduro regime to undermine public security in the United States
