{"id":2155894,"date":"2024-01-22T14:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T19:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/venezuelas-largest-criminal-gang-operating-inside-us-linked-to-retired-police-officers-murder\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T14:17:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T19:17:15","slug":"venezuelas-largest-criminal-gang-operating-inside-us-linked-to-retired-police-officers-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/venezuelas-largest-criminal-gang-operating-inside-us-linked-to-retired-police-officers-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela&#8217;s biggest criminal gang, operating in the US, tied to ex-cop&#8217;s killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvenezuelas-largest-criminal-gang-operating-inside-us-linked-to-retired-police-officers-murder%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2155894&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Venezuelan Gang Spreads its \u2064Criminal Activities\u2064 to \u200dMajor US\u2062 Cities<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alleged-russian-criminals-launch-largest-ransomware-attack-ever-after-biden-putin-meeting-last-month\/\" title=\"Alleged Russian Criminals Launch Largest Ransomware Attack Ever After Biden-Putin Meeting Last Month\">notorious criminal organization<\/a> known\u200d as Tren de Aragua, which\u2062 has wreaked havoc across\u200b Latin\u2062 America, has now\u200c expanded its operations to major \u200ccities in the United States. Recent reports indicate that members of the gang have\u2064 crossed the border as illegal \u2062immigrants and are now fully active in Chicago\u200d and Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Disturbingly, at least\u200d one member of \u200dTren de Aragua has been linked \u200bto \u200bthe murder of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-falsely-labels-police-military-veterans-as-white-supremacists\/\" title=\"Biden falsely labels police, military veterans as \u2018white supremacists\u2019\">retired police officer<\/a> \u200bin South Florida. Yurwin\u200b Salazar-Maita, a\u200c 23-year-old gang member,\u2064 played a role\u200b in luring,\u200b abducting, and ultimately killing the officer in \u200bNovember. This brutal tactic is commonly employed by the gang in Venezuela and other parts of Latin \u200cAmerica.<\/p>\n<p>One identifying feature of\u200d Tren de Aragua members is a \u200dtrain tattoo. This \u2064distinct mark\u200d serves \u200cas a\u200c warning sign of their involvement \u200din criminal activities.<\/p>\n<p>According to \u2063Rolando Vazquez,\u2064 an \u2064immigration lawyer, the gang is involved in a wide range of criminal\u2062 activities, including extortion, sex trafficking, drug trafficking, and contract\u2062 killings. Vazquez himself has received threats from this dangerous group.<\/p>\n<p>Salazar-Maita is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ark-man-confesses-to-breaching-capitol\/\" title=\"Ark. man confesses to breaching Capitol\">facing multiple charges<\/a>, including robbery, home invasion, kidnapping, carjacking, and first-degree \u200dmurder.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay informed:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from \u2064The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How did members of Tren de Aragua enter the United \u2064States and become fully active in\u200c cities like Chicago and Miami?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200c Venezuelan Gang\u2062 Spreads its Criminal Activities to \u2063Major US Cities<\/p>\n<p>The notorious criminal organization known as Tren de Aragua, which has wreaked havoc across Latin \u200bAmerica, has \u200dnow expanded its operations to\u2063 major cities in the United States. \u200dRecent reports indicate \u200dthat members of the gang have crossed the border as illegal immigrants\u2062 and are now fully active \u2063in \u200bChicago and Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Disturbingly, at least one member of Tren de Aragua has been linked\u2064 to\u2063 the murder of a retired police officer in South Florida. Yurwin Salazar-Maita, a 23-year-old gang member, played a role in luring, abducting, and ultimately \u200dkilling the officer in November. This \u200cbrutal tactic is commonly employed by the gang in Venezuela and other parts of Latin\u200b America.<\/p>\n<p>One identifying feature of Tren de Aragua\u200c members is a train tattoo. This distinct mark serves \u200das a warning \u2064sign\u2064 of their involvement in criminal activities.<\/p>\n<p>According to Rolando Vazquez, an immigration lawyer, the gang is involved in a wide range of criminal activities, including\u2062 extortion, sex trafficking, drug\u2064 trafficking, and contract killings. Vazquez himself has received threats from this dangerous group.<\/p>\n<p>Salazar-Maita is facing multiple charges, including robbery, home\u200b invasion, kidnapping, carjacking, and first-degree \u200bmurder.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed: Click here to read more from The Washington \u2064Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuela&#8217;s notorious Tren de Aragua gang, known for causing chaos in Latin America, has expanded its operations to major US cities. One of its members is linked to the killing of a retired police officer. With Chicago and Miami now under its grip, this criminal organization poses a significant threat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2644,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2155894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2155894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2155894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2155894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2155894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}