(The Center Square) – As crime expands in at least 22 states by confirmed Venezuelan Tren de Aragua prison gang members, Texas law enforcement officers continue to apprehend them.
After a record number of more than one million Venezuelans illegally entered the country under the Biden administration, non-TdA members also continue to be arrested for violent crimes in Texas.
The latest TdA arrests were by Operation Lone Star officers on Dec. 31 in Maverick County near Eagle Pass, Texas.
They were among a group that illegally entered the country between ports of entry from Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico. Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrested 11 illegal border crossers for criminal trespass who were jailed for state criminal charges, DPS Lt. Chris Olivarez said.
Among them were nine Venezuelans
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