US EditionUS intelligence contradicts Trump claims linking gang to Venezuelan government to speed deportations
- A U.S. Intelligence assessment stated there is no coordination between Tren de Aragua and the Venezuelan government, contradicting claims made by Trump administration officials.
- The intelligence report indicates that while some low-level contacts exist, Tren de Aragua operates independently from President Nicolás Maduro's government.
- The Supreme Court ruled that Venezuelan migrants must have court hearings before deportation under the Alien Enemies Act, which has been contested in court.
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Spy agencies do not think Venezuela directs gang, declassified memo shows
WASHINGTON – A newly declassified memo released Monday confirms that U.S. intelligence agencies rejected a key claim President Donald Trump put forth to justify invoking a wartime statute to summarily deport Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador.
Intelligence Assessment Shows Trump Admin’s Venezuelan Gang War Claims Are Lies
For a long time, we’ve believed no president would dare enact the Alien Enemies Act again, not after it was abused to send more than 100,000 residents and citizens of Japanese descent to US concentration camps during the Second World War. Even the administrative power grabs and uptick in bigotry that followed the 9/11 attacks never went as far as Trump has in his second presidential term. Trump, along with his supporters and enablers, are enacti…
Trump admin using tattoos to 'identify' gang members, justify deporting migrants; experts slam method as 'too simplistic'
Explore how the Trump administration's reliance on tattoos as gang affiliation proof for deportations is criticized by experts as overly simplistic and potentially misleading.
US Intelligence Report Rules Out Venezuela's Government Links to Tren de Aragua Gang
A new report from the US National Intelligence Council categorically denies any connection between Nicolás Maduro’s government in Venezuela and the now-defunct criminal group known as the Tren de Aragua (TDA). The report contradicts the central argument used by the US administration and Venezuelan far-right opposition leader María Corina Machado to justify mass deportations of Venezuelan migrants without legal protections. The document, publishe…
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