{"id":2385539,"date":"2025-01-02T10:56:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/armed-tren-de-aragua-thugs-mobbing-border-checkpoints-to-force-way-in-before-inauguration-day-report\/"},"modified":"2025-01-02T10:58:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:58:39","slug":"armed-tren-de-aragua-thugs-mobbing-border-checkpoints-to-force-way-in-before-inauguration-day-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/armed-tren-de-aragua-thugs-mobbing-border-checkpoints-to-force-way-in-before-inauguration-day-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed Tren de Aragua Thugs Mobbing Border Checkpoints to Force Way in Before Inauguration Day: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Farmed-tren-de-aragua-thugs-mobbing-border-checkpoints-to-force-way-in-before-inauguration-day-report%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=2385539&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--><p>The summary discusses\u200b the escalating situation at\u200b the U.S.-Mexico border involving members\u2062 of the\u200b Tren de Aragua gang, which has been attempting to cross into the U.S. before the inauguration of President Donald Trump. As reported by the New York Post,El \u200cPaso border agents have\u200c been overwhelmed \u200bby \u200cgangs armed with weapons,seeking to enter\u2064 the country amid fears that the upcoming Trump management \u200bwill be tougher on illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>A \u2063leaked memo from\u200d the Texas Department of Public \u2063Safety indicates that gang\u200d members plan to continue their aggressive attempts to breach the border, even threatening National Guard personnel stationed\u2064 there.This follows a series of incidents where the gang has clashed with border agents, raising concerns over increasing violence in the\u2064 area.<\/p>\n<p>The article further notes the gang&#8217;s established \u2062presence\u200d across multiple U.S. states \u200dand <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">highlights previous mass arrests related<\/a> to their activities, notably in Colorado. It underscores\u200c the urgency from the gang\u2019s perspective to enter the U.S. now, anticipating a crackdown on their operations once the\u200d Republican administration takes office, thus \u200cpresenting a significant border\u200c security \u200cchallenge.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>You can say this about the migrants in the Venezuelan-originated Tren de Aragua gang: They may be thugs, but they keep abreast of American political news.<\/p>\n<p>Now, thanks to the fact that a border hawk of a president is less than 20 days away from taking office, they&rsquo;re flooding the border in an attempt to get into the United States before Trump gets into office.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/31\/us-news\/tren-de-aragua-members-attack-texas-border-crossings-trying-to-force-their-way-into-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> published on Tuesday, border agents in El Paso, Texas, have been overwhelmed by mobs of gang members, wielding knives and looking to get into the country before Joe Biden hands Donald Trump the keys on Inauguration Day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tren de Aragua gang attacks agents, mobs border to flood US with members ahead of Trump presidency: report<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z8zyeH90r7\">https:\/\/t.co\/Z8zyeH90r7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1874135978253680667?\">December 31, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  The report comes after a memo from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-real-estate-agent-missing-husband-arrested-neighbor-goes-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas Department of Public Safety<\/a> was leaked to the paper.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The memo said that &ldquo;20 of the Venezuelan gangbangers &mdash; armed with blades, tire irons and broken liquor bottles &mdash; tried to force their way into the U.S. at a border gate,&rdquo; according to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Another attempt to break through is expected on New Year&rsquo;s Day, the memo warned,&rdquo; the report from Jennie Taer added.<\/p>\n<p>Victor Avila, a retired former agent with Homeland Security Investigations, told the outlet that the reasons for it were obvious: The gang could watch the news just as well as anyone else.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re seeing that violence at the border because they know that it&rsquo;s going to change in 27 days. It&rsquo;s going to change. It&rsquo;s going to be different, and they&rsquo;re going to be sought after,&rdquo; Avila said.<\/p>\n<p>What&rsquo;s more, an anonymous informant told authorities in Texas that the border mobs &ldquo;would continue every night&rdquo; in the wee hours.<\/p>\n<p>The tipster, a source said, alleged the gang plans to &ldquo;cause harm&rdquo; to the Texas National Guard soldiers protecting the border because the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-on-republican-controlled-states-to-punish-tech-companies-with-major-sanctions-if-they-censor-conservatives\/\" title=\"Trump Calls On Republican-Controlled States To Punish Tech Companies With \u2018Major Sanctions\u2019 If They Censor Conservatives\">federal government refuses<\/a> to step up. The gang members plan to do this &ldquo;especially when they are left alone with no agents&rdquo; to assist.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, a source within Texas law enforcement said that &ldquo;gunfire has picked up big time&rdquo; in the El Paso sector of the border as the gang members try to enter.<\/p>\n<p>A November report from the Post said that the gang had now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/warning-venezuelan-gang-tren-de-aragua-rapidly-growing-size-violence-now-active-16-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">established a presence in 16 states<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the gang had been reported in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>As of November, Montana, Virginia, and Wyoming had been added to the list, along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-just-rammed-dc-statehood-bill-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">District of Columbia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The gang is most associated with the state of Colorado &mdash; in particular the city of Aurora, where the media spent an unholy amount of time trying to &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/latino\/police-deny-venezuela-gang-taken-rundown-apartment-complex-denver-subu-rcna169831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debunk<\/a>&rdquo; the rumor that the gang had taken over an apartment complex in spite of all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4lGGf3vS36I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evidence to the contrary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They&rsquo;d more or less given up on this after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denver7.com\/news\/crime\/16-people-taken-into-custody-at-edge-of-lowry-apartments-suspected-of-being-tren-de-aragua-members-ice-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">16 people<\/a> at the apartment complex suspected of being members of the gang were taken into custody earlier in December, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/9-members-violent-tren-de-aragua-gang-arrested-aurora-colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not the first<\/a> (and certainly not the last) mass arrest of the gang&rsquo;s members in the Denver suburb.<\/p>\n<p>In September, we found out that in March, &ldquo;more than 100 suspected TdA members were arrested after the riots at the El Paso border, when immigrants assaulted the Texas National Guard,&rdquo; according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/16\/us-news\/suspected-tren-de-aragua-gangbangers-were-part-of-the-migrant-group-that-rushed-the-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> by Texas Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/greg-abbott-warns-biden-walking-right-biggest-blunder-border-battle-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greg Abbott<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And now, since they know the border will be a day one issue for the new Trump administration, the gang is intensifying its border rush, thinking &mdash; not wrongly &mdash; that it&rsquo;s much better to be in the country before the Republicans start making serious moves than on the other side of the border.<\/p>\n<p>As if America needed any more reason to believe it made the right choice in November, there you have it: One president selling off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lets-build-it-gop-sen-joni-ernst-introduces-bill-to-transfer-border-wall-materials-to-states\/\" title=\"\u2018Let\u2019s Build It!\u2019: GOP Sen. Joni Ernst Introduces Bill To Transfer Border Wall Materials To States\">border wall materials<\/a> in an end-of-term fire sale; the president-elect promising to build that wall and make sure that Tren de Aragua members stay out.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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With a tough-on-border president set to take office in less than 20 days, they are rushing to cross the border into the United States before Trump assumes power. A report from the New York Post indicates that border agents in El Paso, Texas, are facing overwhelming numbers of gang members armed with knives as they try to enter the country before Inauguration Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2385540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TDA-Mobs.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28515,4392,47758,45689,39668],"class_list":["post-2385539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-thugs","tag-armed","tag-border-checkpoints","tag-inauguration-day","tag-tren-de-aragua"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TDA-Mobs.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385539","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2385539"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2385543,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385539\/revisions\/2385543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2385540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2385539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2385539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2385539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}