US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this week arrested three members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang in two states as the new administration begins. Mass migration batchA senior Trump administration official told Fox News.
Nestor Jose Mendoza Garcia was arrested Thursday in San Antonio, Texas, and Elmer Aparicio Castillo and a 36-year-old man were arrested the same day in Nashville, all after entering the country illegally last year when they were processed. She was arrested by the Biden administration.
““All this week, ICE heroes have been searching for, and immediately expelling, hundreds of criminal illegal aliens, including those with charges for rape, child sexual abuse, terrorism, and even murder,” President Donald Trump said in a statement. Pool in Las Vegas Saturday.
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“Members of a savage Venezuelan prison gang known as Tren de Aragua. You know that gang? This is not a nice group of people. They formed in the prison, and then they (Venezuela) dumped their prisons in our country.
“It's as bad as the bloodthirsty MS-13 gangs“
Nestor Jose Mendoza Garcia, right, and Elmer Aparicio Castillo were arrested by ICE this week. (ice)
Mendoza-Garcia arrived in the United States in October and was issued a notice to appear before being released.
He was arrested before San Antonio Police Department In November, for possession of a gun linked to an unsolved homicide.
On Thursday, Ice San Antonio obtained a federal indictment and arrest for Mendoza Garcia for being an alien in possession of a weapon. The official said he was an active member of the gang.
Aparicio-Castillo was issued a notice to appear after a confrontation with Ice in El Paso, Texas, in September.
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He was arrested by Ice Nashville on Thursday for allegedly being an alien in possession of a weapon. He also allegedly has links to the gang.
President Donald Trump called the gang “bloodthirsty by the name MS-13” during a rally in Las Vegas on Saturday. .
Aparicio-Castillo's criminal history includes charges of evading arrest, promoting prostitution and possession of marijuana in Nashville.
After the criminal dismissal, Aparicio-Castillo will be administratively arrested due to immigration proceedings, the official said.
The 36-year-old Venezuelan entered the United States illegally through Eagle Pass, Texas, in December, and was issued a notice to appear.
White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt released this photo on Friday, writing on X that “deportation flights have begun.” (white house)
His criminal history also includes a disposition arrest, enhanced prostitution possession and marijuana possession in Nashville.
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He was administratively arrested by Ice Nashville on Thursday.
Bill Melugin Fox News contributed to this report.
