A.G. Gancarski
Senators and members of Congress are urging the Joe Biden administration to crack down on a group from Venezuela they say is poised to unleash an “unprecedented reign of terror.”
Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott were joined by Reps. Gus Bilirakis, Scott Franklin, Carlos Giménez, Maria Elvira Salazar, and Mike Waltz and numerous legislators from outside of Florida in a letter urging the President to “formally designate the vicious Tren de Aragua as a Transnational Criminal Organization.”
“How many more innocent victims will have to suffer before we fully recognize and address the grave threat Tren de Aragua gang members cause to the peace, stability, and the national security of our nation?”
If this group is left unchecked, the Republicans claim it will soon domestically be “mirroring the devastation it has already inflicted in communities throughout Central and South America, most prominently in Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru.”
“The breadth of Tren de Aragua’s operations encompasses murder, drug and human trafficking, sex crimes, extortion, and kidnapping, among other brutalities. It is clear that most state and local law enforcement agencies are not yet prepared to handle the magnitude of this grave threat.”
Designating the group as a terror organization will, per the Republicans, send “a clear message that its reign of terror will not be tolerated, and that we will stand united in our resolve to protect our communities from the scourge of transnational organized crime.”
15 comments
Earl Pitts "Sage Political Expert Emeritas" American
March 16, 2024 at 1:12 pm
……. uhhhh …….. Joe …… uhhhh …….. we are gonna need you to crack down on some of the reprobate dregs of society that you let in here ….. uhhhh … can we so that and somehow blaim it on Donald Trump …….. uhhhh Joe ….. uhhhhh Joe ….. darn hes fallen asleep again.
rick whitaker
March 19, 2024 at 8:59 pm
earl, are you on your 4th nap today? remember, you are older than biden, but not nearly as well of healthy as joe is. all that sphincter fixation has got to be hard on you. hard on you,,,, duh duh yeah, hard on you. earl, are you more bevis, or buthead?
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It’s real
March 16, 2024 at 6:18 pm
There’s been explosive growth in TCO activity in the last 10 years mainly due to access to technology that allows near real time movement of money and the ability to diversify and hide their assets and mix with legitimate appearing businesses. They are huge complex organizations run just like any large corporation, except by criminal psychopaths. The laws, finance, and technology of the US make it the number one hub for maximizing their power and reach. These are not “gangs” from decades ago. They are smart, powerful, complex organizations that perpetrate pure evil in a very efficient and orderly way. To them it’s a business. Pure. Evil. Business. There is no code and no morals. It’s been proliferating for years because it just falls outside the scope of normal law enforcement and jurisdictional boundaries and sadly can be very difficult to pin enough convictions to make them stick because it’s like whack a mole. Legally designating them as a TCO provides some legal cover for cross jurisdictional investigations, allocation of resources, sanctions and freezing of assets, and asking other countries for help (mutual assistance). Rubio annoys me to no end and tends to come off kind of dramatic but he’s right about this. There just isn’t much political will in the US to acknowledge it much less do anything substantial.
MH/Duuuval
March 16, 2024 at 9:04 pm
Marco has set his foot on the path Trump has worn in the carpet.
Andy
March 18, 2024 at 8:43 pm
I Thought the former State GOP leader and his ‘Moms for Liberty’ wife were Florida’s organized crime?
Dont Say FLA
March 19, 2024 at 1:29 pm
Is Little Marco admitting the people entering the US via the southern border and claiming asylum are in fact fleeing untenable violence back home in Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru?
Little Marco does seem to be admitting that.
But does he know? Don’t nobody tell him!
I wonder how dangerous Tres de Aguas would be without all the guns and ammo from USA. Maybe Little Marco could address that for us. lol
It's Complicated
March 20, 2024 at 10:51 am
We have organized crime from numerous nations (Central and South America being at the top), and U.S. cities operating in Florida. I imagine these foreign crime syndicates outnumber the domestic versions in Florida. Some (not all) are sophisticated and tech savvy, too. We also have gangs ranging from highly organized and disciplined to rag-tag pleasure seekers. Many of them will kill you for looking at them wrong, or if you are too interested in what they are doing, and not lose a moment of sleep over it.
Between a long-ago regulatory role I served in (which bumped up against American crime families), a six-month term on a grand jury (hearing several cases involving gang-related murders), and with friends in LE, I’ve come to the realization that Florida is a relatively dangerous place if you are not careful or are in the wrong place at the wrong time. We have to take it seriously, or we’ll end up with cartel-style murders where they dump severed heads of offenders in the town squares.
rick whitaker
March 20, 2024 at 1:08 pm
it’s complicated, once again you have made a simple thing complicated, for some vain reason i suppose. the simple way to say the same thing would have been to say, florida is a hell hole and is getting worse by the day.
It's Complicated
March 20, 2024 at 3:35 pm
Angry Boomer. Must suck for you to live in Florida.
rick whitaker
March 20, 2024 at 4:33 pm
it’s complicated, i am a boomer. and i am angry that my country has been taken over by the white christian nationalist maga people. i moved out of florida when the gop made it a bad place to live. you live there, so no wonder you are affected by the white christian nationalist maga cult you live amongst. your vanity shows by the way.
Old geezer
March 20, 2024 at 8:51 pm
I don’t know why you are attacking each other. It’s complicated is not vain and comments were interesting, and since when did being a boomer become an awful insult? Wait til people start insulting your generation—it’ll be worse because ageism is a cancer. You guys basically agree anyway. Let’s all play nice and support each other’s need to vent frustration which is why we are here. Now you can attack me. LOL
rick whitaker
March 21, 2024 at 7:39 pm
old geezer, i get a lot of that boomer crap that i really don’t mind. i do see ageism as being close minded. where i get under people’s skin, that consider themselves to be liberal, is my hatred of religion. they consider themselves to be open-minded, in everything but that. the it’s complicated person is in my opinion, is extremely pretentious and out of touch with reality. since i am a religion hater in a religion loving state, i know where i stand. iv’e been a hardcore religion hater for most of my 71 years. the vanity i spoke of referring to it’s complicated is that they have a , what i call vain, reason for commenting, in that they want to appear knowledgeable and helpful on everything, even when they aren’t. it’s like a teacher want-to-be or the church lady. it’s complicated why it’s complicated annoys me. i try to go by logic, rational, and objective truth. to me christians don’t use any of those filters, so i am damn angry that these people dominate my world in so many christian ways. no, i do not take it on faith.
Old geezer
March 22, 2024 at 12:14 pm
Understandable. I just always think everyone else knows something I don’t so I’m always interested to listen and learn. When I run off at the mouth it’s because I can’t keep it in and assume that’s how it is for other folks, too. I’m sure I come off like a know it all bore too and probably a wanna be teacher ‘cause the older I get the more I’ve got to say and the less anyone wants to hear it. Maybe even vain. I’ll try and do better.
rick whitaker
March 22, 2024 at 8:57 pm
old geezer, i have few friends for many reasons, one is that i outlived most of them, and another reason is that i am not anything like most people. being extremely different than those around me is not very attracting. being a non materialist in a materialistic world will wear you out. i live in a red state and i am to the left of bernie. ouch
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