A former Venezuelan military officer claims the Maduro regime is using the gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) as a tool for spreading violence and instability in the U.S., Fox News is reporting.
Tren de Aragua originated in a Venezuelan prison and has expanded to over 30 major U.S. cities, engaging in crimes like violent takeovers and high-profile murders.
José Gustavo Arocha, a former lieutenant colonel in the Venezuelan army, described the gang to Fox News as a state-sponsored entity created by Nicolás Maduro’s government and directed by Venezuela’s military counterintelligence agency, DGCIM, for asymmetrical warfare.
He argues that the regime uses TdA to destabilize countries, promoting socialist-friendly governments in Latin America and now targeting the U.S.
“Just imagine, there are more or less 8 million Venezuelan migrants. It’s a huge number,” he told Fox News. “If you look at that, it’s like a wall where it’s spreading all over the states. And when you take into consideration the bussing of the migrants from Texas to other states, they are spreading like a disease, like a virus, all over the country.” […]
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