Texas Declares Venezuelan Migrant Gang Tren de Aragua a Terrorist Group After Border Breaches, Rising Crime in El Paso

‘They have a target on their back, and we are going after them. Texas is the wrong state for them to try to do business in,’ Governor Abbott says.

AP/Valerie Gonzalez
Governor Abbott signs three bills into law at a border wall construction site at Brownsville, Texas, in December. AP/Valerie Gonzalez

The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, announced this week that the state will launch a campaign to dismantle a violent Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, operating within the Lone Star State, designating the group as a terrorist organization.

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