There is a famous line from L.P. Hartley's "The Go Between" that goes like this: “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” Well, drop the past. Foreign countries are foreign and they do things different there as well. And when they come to the U.S. or other Western countries, they bring that otherness or differences with them.
We've lately been regaled with some of those differences when it comes to animals, e.g.:
- "Animal sacrifices on the rise in Queens with chickens, pigs being tortured in ‘twisted’ rituals"--New York Post.
- "Springfield city manager admitted in March he'd 'heard' about Haitian migrants eating 'domesticated animals'"--Post Millennial.
But migrant crime extends just beyond torturing and killing our pets, e.g.:
- "In New York, dead bodies are starting to turn up"--American Thinker.
- "Illegal Alien Charged with Five Counts of Child Rape on Martha’s Vineyard"--Breitbart.
Of real concern are the gangs that have found their way into the country and their increasingly brazen behavior. Most of you are probably aware of the news accounts of the Tren de Aragua, a criminal group from Venezuela, that has had openly controlled the Whispering Pines Apartments in Aurora since late 2023. You've probably scene the videos of some of the gang members with weapons in hand, including an AK style rifle, moving through the complex and entering an apartment. During its reign, the gang has engaged in assaults, threats of murder, extortion and child prostitution. It has been even reported that "Tren de Aragua has threatened to kill (and, in certain instances, has apparently actively attempted to kill) members of Whispering Pines management," and "gang members allegedly stabbed a Whispering Pines resident for refusing to pay 'rent' to the gang."
Four alleged Tren de Aragua members have been arrested in Aurora in connection to an attempted murder in July.
ICE officials told Fox News all four are undocumented immigrants who were detained and released after crossing the Texas border.
You probably saw the news stories and videos even as the Colorado governor and Aurora police department denied any such thing was happening, and claimed that the owner of the apartment complex was responsible for the run-down conditions there.
Of course it is not just in Aurora, CO, that the Tren de Aragua gang is taking up residence. They have been active in North Texas according to Dallas law enforcement, and took over a hotel in El Paso. And while the Democrat controlled government of Colorado lets the gang members walk free after arrests, current and former law enforcement are warning that the gang (shortened to TdA) has "unleashed a crime wave from Miami to New York" and is preparing for major gang wars.
‘There’s about to be a big gang war,' John Fabbricatore, the former director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for Colorado told DailyMail.com.
'I believe that they’re setting up their network right now. These guys are setting up faster than MS-13 did. They’re getting into these apartment complexes and what they’re doing is they’re starting with prostitution.'
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'Prostitution is a big money-maker, and the thing with prostitution is that it brings guys in that they can then sell dope to,' Fabbricatore explained.
'These guys come in, they meet these Johns and shake them down. See if they want to buy drugs. They’ve started with moving these girls through, and if you go in these apartments, you’ll see these young girls. It’s bad.’
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At the Whispering Pines apartments, DailyMail.com witnessed TdA gang graffiti all the over the walls, where the transnational organization has clearly marked its territory.
'That tells me that's TdA property. That's showing, "Hey this is our territory, this is our property.' Along those lines is intimidating the people of that building,' retired FBI agent Dan Brunner explained to Dailymail.com.
TdA is using the cash to expand, meanwhile arming itself, Fabbricatore, who is currently the Republican congressional candidate hoping to represent Aurora, said.
'Colfax, the area that they’re in, has been controlled by the Bloods, Crips, Sureños, for years,' he added.
'These gangs already set up their networks. They’ve been dealing dope in those areas. They control prostitution in that area. So Tren de Aragua comes in and they start to try put their girls on the street, and they start to move dope in the area, you’re going to see push back. We’ve haven’t seen it yet, but I believe it’s about to happen.’
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Earlier this week, the Aurora Police Department announced the arrests of 10 TdA members, despite having previously denied there was a gang problem.
TdA has described as the 'epitome of evil' and is best known in their homeland for sex trafficking girls and women and exploiting their fellow countrymen, have now set up strongholds in Denver, New York, Miami, El Paso and Dallas-- as DailyMail.com first reported.
Since arriving in the United States, TdA is accused of taking part in shootings, shake-downs of other migrants who had were told to pay rent to the gang instead of the property, beatings, and robberies in Colorado.
'TdA is MS-13 on steroids.' Brunner, who spent years leading an FBI task force to taken down Salvadoran gang MS-13, added.
Federal law enforcement has been shocked and taken off guard by how quickly TdA has been able to establish itself and eclipse the previous operations set up by gangs like MS-13.
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For now, TdA seems focused on victimizing the migrants, using migrant women into prostitutes, but it's only a matter of time before their tentacles spread.
'There are some million dollar homes not far from where those apartment complexes are. How long do you think it will be before they go there?'
That is a good question. How long before they move their activities beyond apartment complexes and shelters that cater to immigrants to regular Americans.
In his most recent Defensive Pistolcraft newsletter, Jon Low cites to a an article by John Farnam on Ethnic gangs. Farnam warns:
Here in the Denver area, ethnic Venezuelan gangs (nearly all illegally in this country to begin with) are currently engaging in violent take-overs of entire neighborhoods and apartment buildings, all with scant interference from police.
This would have been unthinkable a decade ago!
Now, it is dangerously real.
To no one’s surprise, the mayor of Denver, the mayor of Aurora, CO, and our state’s governor (all liberals) have gone into “full-spin mode” as they sheepishly render cowardly “word-salad” responses (reminiscent of KDH) to hard questions about this desperate reality.
Some facts not in dispute:
1) Many police departments (all over the US) are currently on a “slow-roll” for calls involving violence.
In many cases, this is an administrative decision, based on universal staff shortages, and political agenda.
Yet, nervous citizens translate this trend as “abandonment!”
2) The Aurora, CO PD has identified ethnic-gang-infested apartment complexes as sufficiently dangerous, that no fewer than three LEO’s are to simultaneously respond to calls from there.
So, while Aurora’s mayor says, in effect, “Nothing to see here,” his PD’s tactics clearly indicate otherwise!
3) Without fail, liberal politicians create “exemptions” to gun laws, exemptions that benefit only them!
In addition, they invariably requisition large cadres of LEOs (who would otherwise be out protecting citizens) to devote themselves to protecting only them.
It’s fairly obvious that, to them, only their personal safety is important.
In other words, in some locals, you may be on your own in the face of violent gangs that will become more brazen and confident as time goes on. What to do?
Jon Low writes in this regard:
These gangs have automatic rifles. Do you? These gangs operate in coordinated teams. Do you? How is your militia or vigilante team? Or do you think you can defend yourself and your family from the gangs by yourself? Because the police are not responding. Good luck on that.
As Michael Mann says, "Prevention, not reaction." If you want zero friendly casualties, you must strike pre-emptively and decisively. If the police don't show up when good citizens complain of gangs, what makes you think the police will show up when the gangs complain about your militia? I'm joking. No, as a matter of fact, I'm not.
Also be sure to check out his list of 6 essential rifle skills in the same newsletter. Because even if you don't have automatic rifles, you should have a defensive rifle.
The cities are falling.
ReplyDeleteWell, you have been warning people to get out of the cities.
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