Violent Venezuelan Gang Members Headed To US After Release

Increasing warnings point toward swarms of violent Venezuelan gang members headed toward the U.S. after being released from prison. Washington officials caution that killers and thugs from the notorious Tren de Aragua gang are on the way.

Jose Ibarra is the suspect in the horrific murder of nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus. He is also believed to be an “active member” of the same criminal enterprise.

Now there’s the alarming word that Venezuelan Judge Edgar Gavidia revealed that 100 gang members have already been released from the nation’s prisons — and many will follow. 

He said the judiciary is considering the release of more violent criminals. According to the Daily Mail, Gavidia said the country is examining its “preventative centers and prisons.”

The judge claimed officials are “looking case-by-case at anyone, giving justice to those who at one time made a mistake in their lives to expedite justice.” 

Miami immigration attorney Rolando Vazquez had a different take on the mass release. “These are killers. These are career criminals… [Maduro] is just sending more. They’re thugs. These are prisons where there’s thugs, killers.” 

And even as the U.S. contends with violence clearly originating in Venezuela, the country is now refusing to accept the return of its citizens.

Customs and Border Protection recently produced an internal intelligence bulletin warning of the gang’s increased presence in the U.S. The missive displayed organization tattoos and identifiers for its members who are believed to be illegally crossing the southern border.

The border that the Biden administration would have voters believe is “secure.”

Two members of the mob that allegedly attacked a pair of NYPD officers in February were revealed to be members of Tren de Aragua. And the number of illegal migrants from the troubled country is staggering.

In FY 2023, there were over 335,000 encounters with illegal Venezuelans at the southern border. Despite this deluge, a paltry 834 were deported. 

And even when the Biden White House caved into pressure and began directly flying these illegals back to Venezuela, immigration advocates cried foul. They argued that human rights violations in the country should forestall repatriation, presumably of even known criminals.