2024-04-03 21:07:00
The Tren de Aragua, an organized crime gang originally from Venezuela, has been declared the “enemy number one” by the authorities of Peru. This was stated this Wednesday Gustavo Adrianzenpresident of the Council of Ministers of the neighboring nation.
Adrianzén reached the Congress of that country to give his investiture speech and “request their trust”, an obligatory act for each new cabinet that is formed. In the instance, he assured that efforts will continue to liquidate the dangerous criminal group.
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In detail, he addressed what the Special Group once morest Organized Crime (Grecco) is, whose purpose is “to eliminate the transnational criminal organization called Tren de Aragua and its factions, which currently constitute the number one enemy of our society“.
Adrianzén in the Congress of Peru / AFP
The president of the ministerial council said that for this purpose “special operations will be carried out at the national level to dismantle your peripheral networks and all the gangs and organizations dedicated to committing the crimes of extortion, kidnapping, hitmen, illicit arms trafficking and aggravated robbery, among others.”
However, he mentioned that the government created the Transnational Crime Investigation Division “as a concrete action for the reduction of citizen insecurity“, which will be made up of 300 elite troops.
Aragua Train members detained in Peru / AFP Archive
This unit “will work closely with the security Department of the United States, which will also be in charge of the training of these 300 agents“, said.
The tentacles of the Aragua Train advance across the continent
The Aragua Train, born in the Tocorón prison, has managed to expand its tentacles throughout much of Latin America, following and taking advantage of the land route taken by the most vulnerable migrants. According to information from police from various countries, the transnational gang is dedicated to at least 20 crimes.
Extortion, kidnappings, robberies, scams, homicides, hitmen, drug trafficking, money laundering and weapons sales are some of these. However, their greatest returns are obtained from the human trafficking for sexual exploitation and migrant traffickingmainly from their own countrymen.
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