How designating Tren de Aragua a terrorist organization helps Texas

[GREG ABBOTT]

TEXAS IS AGGRESSIVELY GOING AFTER THESE FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

WITH THE STROKE OF A PEN. — TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT TOUGHENED STATE EFFORTS TO TARGET THE TRANSNATIONAL VENEZUELAN GANG KNOWN AS TREN DE ARAGUA– DESIGNATING IT AS A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION MONDAY AND ANNOUNCING A HOST OF ACTIONS TO ELIMINATE THE GANG’S PRESENCE IN TEXAS.

[GREG ABBOTT]

BY DECLARING T-D-A A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, TEXAS WILL USE THE COURTS TO HALT THEIR OPERATIONS, USE CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE TO TAKE THEIR PROPERTY, USE ENHANCED CRIMINAL PENALTIES TO KEEP THEM IN JAIL BEHIND BARS FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME. 

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

THE NEW MEASURES ALSO DEDICATE A NEW TASK FORCE STRICTLY MEANT TO CRACK DOWN ON T-D-A OPERATIONS IN THE STATE.

[GREG ABBOTT]

I DIRECTED THE D-P-S TO CREATE A NEW T-D-A STRIKE TEAM MADE OF HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS, DPS SPECIAL AGENTS, TEXAS RANGERS, SWAT TEAMS, INCLUDING AIRCRAFT, HELICOPTERS AND DRONES, K-9 TEAMS AND INTELLIGENCE UNITS.”

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

ABBOTT ALSO ADDED ANOTHER DESIGNATION TO THE NOTORIOUS GANG.

[GREG ABBOTT]

TO MORE DIRECTLY TARGET T-D-A– I DIRECTED D-P-A TO ELEVATE T-D-A TO A TIER-ONE GANG, THE WORST-OF-THE-WORST, ENSURING THAT D-P-S DEPLOYS THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED TO CORRAL THIS GROWING MENACE.

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNOR, THE STATE IS ALREADY MAKING HEADWAY IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST T-D-A.

HE SAYS MORE THAN A DOZEN SUSPECTED T-D-A MEMBERS WERE ARRESTED AT THE GATEWAY HOTEL IN EL PASO ON CHARGES OF HUMAN SMUGGLING AND OTHER CRIMES.

ABBOTT’S SHARPENED EFFORTS ALSO IMPOSE HARSHER PRISON SENTENCES ON TREN DE ARAGUA GANG MEMBERS CONVICTED OF A CRIME. 

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FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS– I’M LAUREN TAYLOR.