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Emerging Venezuelan gang 'more violent' than Tren de Aragua targets rural America, expert warns
« on: May 13, 2025, 06:05:30 am »

Emerging Venezuelan gang 'more violent' than Tren de Aragua targets rural America, expert warns
Story by Adam Sabes • 2h

Narcotics expert Robert Charles explains how 'Anti-Tren' could become more violent than Tren de Aragua

An emerging Venezuelan gang has the potential to be "more violent" than Tren de Aragua and target rural America, according to an expert.

Members of the Venezuelan-based gang have formed the "Anti-Tren" gang, which federal authorities say is made up almost exclusively of former members of Tren de Aragua.
 
In a newly unsealed April federal indictment, prosecutors accused 21 men of running drug and prostitution rings in New York City. According to the indictment, members of Anti-Tren "protect their power and territory through various criminal acts, which includes violence towards members of Tren de Aragua.

"Preserving and protecting the power and territory of Anti-Tren and its members and associates through acts involving murder, assault, other acts of violence, and threats of violence, including acts of violence and threats of violence directed at members and associates of Tren de Aragua," the indictment states.

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Re: Emerging Venezuelan gang 'more violent' than Tren de Aragua targets rural America, expert warns
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2025, 06:07:18 am »
Why shouldn't they set up shop in the US?  Judges, democrats, and rinos are working as hard as they can to make America a safer place than Venezuela for them. :judge:
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Re: Emerging Venezuelan gang 'more violent' than Tren de Aragua targets rural America, expert warns
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2025, 09:20:32 am »
Emerging Venezuelan gang 'more violent' than Tren de Aragua targets rural America, expert warns
21 members of 'Anti-Tren' named in April federal indictment
 By Adam Sabes Fox News
Published May 13, 2025 4:00am EDT

An emerging Venezuelan gang has the potential to be "more violent" than Tren de Aragua and target rural America, according to an expert.

Members of the Venezuelan-based gang have formed the "Anti-Tren" gang, which federal authorities say is made up almost exclusively of former members of Tren de Aragua.

In a newly unsealed April federal indictment, prosecutors accused 21 men of running drug and prostitution rings in New York City. According to the indictment, members of Anti-Tren "protect their power and territory through various criminal acts, which includes violence towards members of Tren de Aragua.

"Preserving and protecting the power and territory of Anti-Tren and its members and associates through acts involving murder, assault, other acts of violence, and threats of violence, including acts of violence and threats of violence directed at members and associates of Tren de Aragua," the indictment states.

Members of Anti-Tren are also enriched through illegal smuggling, which includes young Venezuelan women, sex trafficking of young women, drug trafficking and armed robberies, federal officials allege.

Robert Charles, assistant secretary of state at the U.S. State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs from October 2003 to March 2005 and Maine gubernatorial candidate, told Fox News Digital he thinks the Anti-Tren group has the potential to become more violent than Tren de Aragua.

"I've read some of the public accounts that suggest that this offshoot group is trying to distinguish itself by being more violent," Charles said. "With MS-13, they had various tests and things that they went through, and there were offshoots there that became more violent than the original group."

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Re: Emerging Venezuelan gang 'more violent' than Tren de Aragua targets rural America, expert warns
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2025, 09:26:29 am »
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Guess they wanted to pick the fastest way to die.
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Re: Emerging Venezuelan gang 'more violent' than Tren de Aragua targets rural America, expert warns
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2025, 09:36:27 am »
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Guess they wanted to pick the fastest way to die.

Rural Americans have the tools to defend themselves and generally know how to use them.
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Re: Emerging Venezuelan gang 'more violent' than Tren de Aragua targets rural America, expert warns
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2025, 09:41:22 am »
Quote from: Free Vulcan on May 13, 2025, 09:26:29 am
Guess they wanted to pick the fastest way to die.

Have they translated "Try That In A Small Town" into spanish yet?
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Have they translated "Try That In A Small Town" into spanish yet?

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Re: Emerging Venezuelan gang 'more violent' than Tren de Aragua targets rural America, expert warns
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2025, 10:21:32 am »
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Rural Americans have the tools to defend themselves and generally know how to use them.

The article headline mentions "rural," but the excerpt talks about activity in NYC.  There is a paywall of some sort so maybe the part I'm looking for is buried....

It's likely they will have a rough go of it in the rural areas where they will meet resistance of armed and willing shooters.  We don't cotton to that shit.
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Re: Emerging Venezuelan gang 'more violent' than Tren de Aragua targets rural America, expert warns
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2025, 11:18:43 am »
Story is republished at MSN in its entirety. Here's the part about rural areas:
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... "They are also doing violence in an environment which they're taking advantage of people. They're taking advantage of the homeless, they're taking advantage of rural America," Charles said of Anti-Tren.

Charles said gangs like Anti-Tren are targeting rural parts of America because that's where they can "maximize their gain" with little risk.

"We don't have the infrastructure in a very rural state to put patrols up through the northern part of the state and, frankly, to even keep drugs from coming in and the gangs from coming here," Charles said of his state, Maine. "Criminals are bad guys, but they are not stupid. And so what they look for is they look for opportunities to maximize their gain with the least possible risk." ...
Not sure how that's "little risk," considering most of us are armed to the teeth.
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Re: Emerging Venezuelan gang 'more violent' than Tren de Aragua targets rural America, expert warns
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2025, 11:32:48 am »
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Story is republished at MSN in its entirety. Here's the part about rural areas:Not sure how that's "little risk," considering most of us are armed to the teeth.

They will pick off a few people at first, but word spreads quickly in small towns...and that would be Hell to pay.
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Re: Emerging Venezuelan gang 'more violent' than Tren de Aragua targets rural America, expert warns
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2025, 05:55:26 am »
A carload of young Venezuelan men is likely to draw quick attention in rural areas. :police:
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