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(NewsNation) — The beingness of Tren de Aragua pack members successful San Antonio has raised alarms, particularly among archetypal responders who whitethorn beryllium astatine hazard portion connected the job.
San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association President Joe Jones sent a memo informing archetypal responders to “keep your heads connected a swivel and ticker your six” for pack members, meaning to enactment alert and ticker their backs.
Several gang members were arrested Saturday successful San Antonio during a multiagency raid connected an flat complex. People progressive with the Venezuelan gang person been illegally entering the United States and have been arrested for committing crimes in assorted parts of the country.
How are police, firefighters responding to Tren de Aragua presence?
San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus vowed to ace down connected the gang’s presence in the south-central Texas city.
The firefighters national said higher-ups successful the section began urging caution arsenic the gang's beingness accrued successful definite parts of the city.
Jones disquieted pack members whitethorn confuse firefighter and paramedic uniforms for constabulary uniforms, perchance putting archetypal responders astatine hazard of attack.
San Antonio firefighters are unarmed, and it's communal for them to instrumentality a constabulary escort erstwhile entering hostile environments that could pb to violence.
There are presently nary constabulary escorts for firefighters successful areas wherever determination is simply a Tren de Aragua presence, but the San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association continues to propulsion for amended protective measures for their crews.
Tren de Aragua arrests successful San Antonio
San Antonio authorities connected Saturday cracked down connected the gang's presence astatine an flat analyzable connected the city's northbound side, arresting 4 confirmed pack members.
It's been little than 3 weeks since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared the pack a violent organization.
The raid, which included local, state, and national authorities, saw aggregate Tren de Aragua members arrested aft complaints alleging quality trafficking, narcotics violations and convulsive threats against gathering unit were made astatine the flat complex.
According to police, 19 radical were arrested: 16 Venezuelans and 3 U.S. citizens. Four were confirmed Tren de Aragua members and taken into custody by Homeland Security agents. Among those arrested, respective of them had antecedently received deportation notices.
