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Tren de Aragua members of violent Venezuelan migrant gang arrested in Texas: HSI

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Tren de Aragua members of violent Venezuelan migrant gang arrested in Texas: HSI

Homeland Security agents in Texas successfully apprehended two Venezuelan nationals who were members of the bloodthirsty gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), which has established operations throughout the U.S.

In a release Friday, the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) San Antonio announced that special agents arrested the two Venezuelan nationals in San Antonio during an enforcement operation targeting the violent gang on Sept. 19.

The agency said that they received information that these individuals were allegedly involved in a conspiracy to illegally transport firearms.

Following their apprehension, both individuals were transferred into ICE custody based on their immigration violations, HSI said. The San Antonio Police Department and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) were also involved in the arrests.

TEXAS OFFERS REWARD FOR INFO ON TREN DE ARAGUA MEMBERS THAT SPREAD ‘TERROR AND CARNAGE,’ GOV ABBOTT SAYS

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These images from a CBP intelligence bulletin, show tattoos and identifiers for Tren De Aragua (TdA). Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the identification and arrest of known or suspected TdA members.  (ICE)

The TdA is a violent street gang believed to have originated in Venezuelan prisons and moved north over the last decade. 

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However, its reputation within the U.S. has grown this year, in part, due to a number of high-profile crimes linked to the gang, with many believed to have arrived by coming across the southern border as part of the sharp increase in migration in recent years.

Suspected members of the Tren de Aragua gang caught on surveillance footage at the Gateway Hotel in El Paso

The suspected Tren de Aragua gang members engaged in illegal activity including illegal dumping and drug use, according to the El Paso County Attorney’s Office in Texas. (KFOX14 / El Paso County Attorney’s Office)

The gang made headlines recently in Aurora, Colorado, where there have been a number of arrests and reports that the gang has taken over entire apartment buildings — something local authorities have pushed back against. 

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The apprehension of the two gang members in San Antonio came after Gov. Greg Abbot declared the gang a “foreign terrorist organization” last week while announcing that the state was taking a more aggressive approach to targeting its members. 

“Tren de Aragua has spread terror and carnage in every country they’ve been in, and Texas will not allow them to gain a foothold in our state,” Abbott said in a statement. “Texas will not let these thugs use our state as a base of operations to terrorize our citizens.”

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott makes an announcement on the future of the space industry in the state. (Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images)

Abbott has directed DPS to elevate the gang to a Tier 1 gang and to create a TdA Strike Team that will identify and arrest its members. 

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Tipsters can provide information to authorities via the Texas Department of Public Safety’s website by calling 1-800-252-TIPS (8477).

Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano and Adam Shaw contributed to this report.



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Family, loved ones hold vigil for Simi Valley mother killed in front of kids

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Family, loved ones hold vigil for Simi Valley mother killed in front of kids

More than 100 people who knew Jessica Tinoco packed the pier in Port Hueneme, one of her favorite hangouts, on Monday night to pay respects to the 34-year-old mother of five.

Tinoco tragically lost her life on Friday evening when her live-in boyfriend, 34-year-old Raymond Rivas of Simi Valley, allegedly stabbed her in front of her children, according to police.

“I try to put myself in their shoes and it’s just horrible, horrible to know they were there and had to witness their own mother go like that,” Nicole De La Cerda, Tinoco’s sister, told KTLA’s Carlos Saucedo at the Monday vigil.

The Simi Valley Police Department said it was Tinoco’s daughter who made the call at 6:04 p.m. to report her mother was being stabbed.

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When first responders arrived, they rushed Tinoco to the hospital with stab wounds to her face, chest and abdomen, but she did not survive.

“She just had a pure soul,” said family friend Rayleen Morales. “I feel like that was her biggest flaw ‘cuz she just wanted to help and I feel like she felt she could help this guy, and that was her flaw.”

Officers arrested Rivas at the residence without incident and booked him on suspicion of murder, according to police.

Tinoco’s family says she had been dating Rivas for about nine months, but there were no obvious signs of trouble.

“It’s horrible that’s why it needs to be spoken of,” said De La Cerda. “Things like this happen.”

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Loved ones hope to spread awareness of domestic violence and prevent other families from experiencing such a tragedy.

“That’s another thing we want to put out there if you know someone or have an idea going it needs to be spoken of,” Tinoco’s sister continued. “Remind them that they’re loved.”

Tinoco’s friends and family wore purple to show solidarity on Monday night, in remembrance of their lost one.

“She just loved the kids, always wanted to be with the kids,” said Morales. “She was a wonderful mother, that was her pride, joy, her passion was to be a mom to all five kids.”

For anyone wishing to help, a GoFundMe was created to help raise funds for Tinoco’s five children and family: www.gofundme.com/f/join-us-in-supporting-jessicas-family.

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Kari Lake shreds VP Harris' 'despicable' southern border visit: Just to make the 'mainstream media happy'

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Kari Lake shreds VP Harris' 'despicable' southern border visit: Just to make the 'mainstream media happy'

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Vice President Kamala Harris’ recent border visit came under fire from a list of critics, and Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake has added herself to that list.

“I find it despicable,” the Trump ally told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on Sunday.

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“She spent 20 minutes on the border. She’s been the border czar for almost four years now, and she came down, I think, to make her friends in the mainstream media happy so that they could finally say she visited the border, spent 20 minutes staring down at her feet, standing next to the wall, and I was surprised she didn’t call Joe Biden and say, ‘We did it, Joe. We destroyed America,’ because that’s exactly what they’re attempting to do,” she continued.

Lake appeared on “Sunday Morning Futures” this week along with National Border Patrol Council Vice President Art Del Cueto.

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Cochise College Douglas Campus in Douglas, Arizona, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

There, the two highlighted heightened concerns that criminal illegal immigrant offenders are roaming free inside the United States, including over 425,000 who have reportedly been convicted of a crime, more than 13,000 who have been convicted of homicide and more than 15,000 who have been convicted of sexual assault, according to a letter Acting ICE Director Patrick Lechleitner penned to Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales.

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Del Cueto, commenting on the ongoing southern border crisis that continues to affect communities nationwide, warned viewers of what would come if current immigration policies continue.

“If we have four more years of this, I do not believe we’ll ever recuperate. It’s going to be devastating, and we will not recuperate in this country for many, many decades to come,” he said. 

“And certainly we will never recuperate within our own lifetime.”

The Biden-Harris administration has come under scrutiny over the past four years for allegedly perpetuating the crisis with reluctance to enact tougher border restrictions.

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Republican Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake

Kari Lake, the former Arizona Republican candidate for governor, holds a press conference on May 23, 2023, in Phoenix. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

Illegal immigration has also emerged as a central issue in the 2024 election, with Trump and his allies dinging Harris on her record as “border czar” multiple times, though the White House rejects the “border czar” narrative.

Harris has since toughened her stance on the border, calling for increased protections. 

She recently urged the need for a “comprehensive plan” to mitigate the problem, telling MSNBC, “That includes what we need to do to fortify not only our border but deal with the fact that we also need to create pathways for people to earn citizenship.”

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Harris also made her visit to the border town of Douglas, Arizona, which came under scrutiny as an alleged “photo op” by some Republicans.

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When previously reached for comment over criticism about her border visit, the Harris campaign pointed Fox News Digital to a statement on her visit that said Harris will “outline her plan to deliver real solutions on border security and the fentanyl crisis – unlike Donald Trump, who did nothing to fix our broken immigration system, made things worse, and killed bipartisan border solutions to play politics.”

Fox News’ Elizabeth Elkind and Adam Shaw contributed to this report.

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A Marriott Stay to Remember: Sponsored by Marriott Bonvoy Hawai’i  

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