Jose Ibarra, the suspected murderer of University of Georgia student Laken Riley, is currently on trial for the gruesome crime that shocked the nation as it highlighted the impacts of the border crisis created by the Biden-Harris administration.
Sources at the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Ibarra is a member of Tren de Aragua, NewsNation correspondent Ali Bradley reported. The New York Post made a similar report back in March.
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Ibarra, like many other Venezuelans, took advantage of United States’ open border and illegally crossed into El Paso, Texas, in 2022. He was released into the country, where he eventually ended up in New York City. While there, he was arrested for lesser crimes but was released before U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could put a detainer on him.
A roommate of Ibarra and his brother, who is also a member of TDA, testified they were able to get from New York City to Athens, Georgia, in September 2023 by going to the Roosevelt Hotel, where they received a “humanitarian flight.”
“On January 20th, the protection of criminal illegal aliens in America ENDS once and for all,” President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign said on Monday in response to the revelation.
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TDA has been in the news since the gang came to prominence in late 2023. The gang has been connected to murders, violent thefts, extortions, and human trafficking rings as members have expanded their areas of operation. Before the border crisis started in 2021, TDA mostly stayed within South America, having followed other Venezuelans who escaped their crippled nation.
TDA is present in states such as Texas, New York, Florida, Tennessee, Colorado, and Illinois.
* Original Article:
https://www.theblaze.com/news/laken-riley-murder-suspect-confirmed-to-be-part-of-brutal-venezuelan-gang
