{"id":631850,"date":"2026-07-08T03:18:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T03:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=631850"},"modified":"2026-07-08T03:18:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T03:18:35","slug":"eight-tren-de-aragua-members-charged-with-kidnappings-resulting-in-death-racketeering-murder-in-texas-illinois-following-homeland-security-task-force-investigations-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=631850","title":{"rendered":"Eight Tren de Aragua Members Charged With Kidnappings Resulting In Death, Racketeering, Murder In Texas, Illinois Following Homeland Security Task Force Investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The following press release was issued by the U. S. Department of Justice on July 2, 2026.<\/p>\n

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All Eight Defendants Illegally Entered the United States During the Prior Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Department of Justice announced charges filed in the Northern Districts of Illinois and Texas against eight alleged members of designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua (TdA) for murders, kidnappings, and firearms offenses. All eight defendants charged in these Homeland Security Task Force operations are illegal aliens believed to be from Venezuela who illegally enter the United States between December 2021 and April 2024. One defendant charged in Northern Texas is now in custody in Colombia for unrelated charges. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEight TdA members illegally entered the United States between 2021 and 2024 and are alleged to have committed horrific crimes, including murdering a father in front of his teenage daughter,\u201d said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. \u201cThis should never have happened in the first place, but under the Biden administration, open-border policies left the doors wide open, and hundreds of suspected and convicted Tren de Aragua terrorists poured into this country. In the 18 months since President Trump stopped this madness, designating Tren de Aragua a foreign terrorist organization, we have charged nearly 350 of its members and associates with egregious violent crimes \u2013 murders, sex trafficking, kidnapping \u2013 along with weapons and drug trafficking, robbery, and widespread financial crimes. This work requires an all government, all law enforcement approach, which is precisely what has happened under the leadership of President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n

TdA is a violent transnational criminal organization that originated as a prison gang in Venezuela in the mid-2000s. TdA has expanded its criminal network throughout the Western Hemisphere and established a presence in the United States. TdA\u2019s criminal activities include a variety of violent and criminal offenses, including drug trafficking, firearms trafficking, commercial sex trafficking, kidnapping, robbery, theft, fraud, and extortion. TdA members also commit murder, assault, and other acts of violence to enforce and further the organization\u2019s criminal activities.<\/p>\n

As alleged in court documents, in the United States, TdA is organized into subsets or cells based on geographic area of operation. Each regional cell typically has one or more leaders who are responsible for, among other things, managing the criminal enterprise\u2019s activities in the territory, collecting money from other members and associates to finance gang activities and crimes, directing day-to-day management of the region, and planning and ordering acts of violence against rival gang members, associates, and other victims. The leaders of these subsets or cells report to, receive directives from, and distribute criminally-derived assets and proceeds to TdA leaders throughout the United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America.<\/p>\n

Since Jan. 20, 2025, the Department has federally charged over 300 members and associates of TdA across 28 districts.<\/p>\n

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Click to see the press release on the DoJ website<\/a> with case summaries and links to a copy of the indictment in the Northern District of Texas, and a copy of the complaint and affidavit in the Northern District of Illinois.<\/em> <\/p>\n

There are also quotes by FBI Director Kash Patel, U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros for the Northern District of Illinois, U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould for the Northern District of Texas, and Acting Executive Associate Director John A. Condon of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).<\/em><\/p>\n

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