Police across US spread false rumors about Venezuelan gang threats

Claim that Tren de Aragua planned to attack officers was widely shared – only for FBI to later acknowledge it was mistaken, internal files show…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/23/venezuela-tren-de-aragua-gang-police

 

Police across US spread false rumors about Venezuelan gang threats

Claim that Tren de Aragua planned to attack officers was widely shared – only for FBI to later acknowledge it was mistaken, internal files show…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/23/venezuela-tren-de-aragua-gang-police

 

Gabbard fires top officials that produced Venezuela gang intelligence - The Washington Post

"I am concerned about the apparent removal of senior leadership at the National Intelligence Council without any explanation except vague accusations made in the media," said Rep. Jim Himes (Connecticut), the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. "Absent evidence to justify the firings, the workforce can only conclude that their jobs are contingent on producing analysis that is aligned with the President's agenda, rather than truthful and apolitical."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/14/gabbard-intelligence-venezuela-tren-de-aragua/

 

JD Vance Backs Up Trump’s False Claims About Venezuelan Gangs | HuffPost Latest News

"Let's just end that with a, 'did not invade or take over the city' as Donald Trump said," Raddatz said...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-vance-backs-trump-false-claims-venezuelan-gangs_n_670bf318e4b0aa1736e555a9

Trump's Venezuelan gang story is classic Republican fearmongering

Trump and the Republican Party intend to do all they can do to conjure up images of marauding brown invaders who are here to destroy the United States...

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/aurora-tda-gang-apartment-trump-rcna170477

Mexico is suing US gun-makers for arming its gangs − and a US court could award billions in damages

Mexico claims that U.S. gun-makers engaged in "deliberate efforts to create and maintain an illegal market for their weapons in Mexico."…

https://theconversation.com/mexico-is-suing-us-gun-makers-for-arming-its-gangs-and-a-us-court-could-award-billions-in-damages-223598

US ends Trump-era asylum rules for immigrants fleeing violence

"The significance of this cannot be overstated," said Kate Melloy Goettel, legal director of litigation at the American Immigration Council. "This was one of the worst anti-asylum decisions under the Trump era, and this is a really important first step in undoing that."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/16/us-immigration-asylum-trump-biden

Bethel, Ohio, Black Lives Matter event met with motorcycle gangs and armed counterprotesters - The Washington Post

In what she called her longest-ever Facebook post, Alicia Gee said she was preparing on a cheerful Sunday morning not for church but for a demonstration “long overdue in my little town." “A demonstration to show my neighbors there are people who care, to show my very monochromatic town that Black Lives Matter,” said Gee, who identified herself as a lifelong resident of the village of Bethel, Ohio — population roughly 2,800. It was a testament to the wide reach of the movement against racism and police brutality convulsing the country since George Floyd’s death in police custody, weeks of demonstrations that have swept from cities to suburbs and tiny Midwestern towns that haven’t seen protests in decades.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/16/bethel-ohio-black-lives-counterprotest/

MS-13 Was Born in the USA - The Daily Beast

Trump is using the gangs to justify turning people away from our borders who will then be murdered by gangs that began here and are mostly funded by our purchases of illegal drugs...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ms-13-was-born-in-the-usa

How a Climate Change-Fueled Drought & U.S.-Fed Violence Are Driving Thousands from Central America

President Trump is urging Mexico to deport the thousands of Central American migrants who are at or approaching the U.S. border in an attempt to seek asylum, days after U.S. border authorities fired tear gas into a crowd of asylum seekers as some tried to push their way through the heavily militarized border near San Diego. Trump tweeted, “Mexico should move the flag waving Migrants, many of whom are stone cold criminals, back to their countries. Do it by plane, do it by bus, do it anyway you want, but they are NOT coming into the U.S.A. We will close the Border permanently if need be. Congress, fund the WALL!” This comes just days before Andrés Manuel López Obrador is sworn in as Mexico’s new president. López Obrador’s incoming government has denied it made any deal with the Trump administration to force asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their U.S. asylum claims are processed. We speak with John Carlos Frey, Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter and PBS NewsHour special correspondent. He recently returned from reporting trips in Guatemala, Mexico City and Tijuana, where he was documenting the migrant caravan.....
https://youtu.be/7rOPQ0DIkCQ

Amid Trump's Immigration Crackdown, Uncovering MS-13 (John Harwood, On Point)

We look at MS-13, the criminal gang that’s become central to the immigration debate.
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2018/06/26/amid-trumps-immigration-crackdown-uncovering-ms-13

Dangerous, growing, yet unnoticed: the rise of America's white gangs | Society | The Guardian

White gangs are less covered by the media, and less punished – even though 53% of gang members in Mississippi are white....

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/apr/05/white-gangs-rise-simon-city-royals-mississippi-chicago

Trump misleads on immigration, MS-13 at CPAC -- PolitiFact

Speaking at the conservative CPAC conference in Washington, President Donald Trump took a hard line on immigration and again used the deadly Central American gang MS-13 as an example. ....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/feb/26/donald-trumps-misleading-impression-about-immigrat/

Jeff Sessions Just Tried to Blame Florida School Shooting on Gang Violence -- Mother Jones

In response to Wednesday's school shooting in Parkland, Florida, Attorney General Jeff Sessions implied, in a speech to a sheriff's convention in Washington on Thursday, that cracking down on gang violence could prevent school shootings. ....
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/02/jeff-sessions-just-tried-to-blame-florida-school-shooting-on-gang-violence/

CNN’s Van Jones Goes Off on Trump for ‘Smearing’ DREAMers in State of the Union -- The Daily Beast

Around this time last year, Van Jones was getting pilloried by the left for declaring that President Donald Trump "became president of the United States in that moment, period" when he led a standing ovation for the widow of a Navy SEAL in his first speech to a joint session of Congress. Tonight on CNN, immediately following Trump's State of the Union address, it seemed as though Jones might be trying to make up for what was arguably a vast overstatement.....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnns-van-jones-goes-off-on-trump-for-smearing-dreamers-in-state-of-the-union

Priest Helps Former Gang Members Start New Lives (Terry Gross: Fresh Air)

Homeboy Industries founder Father Greg Boyle has spent 30 years working in LA with gang members and young people transitioning out of prison. His new book is ‘Barking to the Choir.’ Ken Tucker reviews ‘Reputation’ by Taylor Swift.
Interview:
https://www.npr.org/2017/11/13/563734736/priest-responds-to-gang-members-lethal-absence-of-hope-with-jobs-and-love

Jeff Sessions Is Peddling False Information About MS-13 -- Mother Jones

In a speech Monday to police chiefs from around the world, Attorney General Jeff Sessions designated the transnational gang MS-13 an official "priority" for the federal government's "Organized Crime Drug Enforcement" task forces, which combine resources from an array of federal agencies, including the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS, and ICE, among others. ....
http://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2017/10/jeff-sessions-ms-13-justice-department-priority-3/

Trump falsely claims his administration has deported half of MS-13 gang members

President Donald Trump recently claimed that in the five months he’s been in office, his administration has deported about half of MS-13 gang members, one of the largest criminal organizations in the United States around since the 1980s....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jun/30/donald-trump/trump-falsely-claims-his-administration-has-deport/

Trump falsely claims Obama policies to blame for growth of MS-13 gang in the U.S.

President Donald Trump blamed former President Barack Obama on Twitter for the formation of one of the most notorious gangs. "The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!" Trump tweeted April 18....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/apr/18/donald-trump/trump-falsely-claims-obama-policies-blame-growth-m/

How Did Chicago Get So Violent?

Did the effort to eradicate the city’s gangs in the 1990s inadvertently lead to its bloody present?
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_next_20/2016/09/is_chicago_s_ghastly_murder_rate_the_result_of_its_1990s_anti_gang_policies.html