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   NEW YORK CITY - The NYPD’s Detective Bureau is tracking the dangerous   
   Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, made up of young migrants – some just   
   11 years old – who are believed to have arrived as NYC experienced an   
   influx of asylum seekers.   
      
   Jason Savino, assistant chief at the NYPD Detective Bureau, said on   
   Good Day New York that this is the first time "we've seen structure   
   with Tren de Aragua."   
      
   "Now, we're seeing that structure. There's actually kick-ups where   
   people are recruiting these younger members as young as 11, and they've   
   been described as some of these robbery incidents as young as 8 years   
   old," Savino said.   
      
   According to police, the gang’s crimes have become more brazen, with   
   members even posting their weapons on social media.   
      
   "Right now, what we have, I like to call a perfect storm of sorts …   
   tremendously brazen, absolutely ruthless individuals that have created   
   a multitude of crimes with basically no repercussions," Savino said.   
      
   "[Times Square] is their threshold, that's where they feel comfortable,   
   that's where they post to social media." Jason Savino, assistant chief   
   at the NYPD Detective Bureau   
      
   Savino continued: "What started out as a robbery crew, upwards of 50   
   robberies – 20 individuals – arrested for upwards of 50 robberies,"   
   Savino said. "And out of those 20 individuals, every single one of them   
   is on the streets today."   
      
   ‘Little Devils’   
   Meanwhile, "Los Diablos de la 42" -- Spanish for "Little Devils of 42nd   
   Street"-- have proven to be a big problem for Times Square and the   
   NYPD.   
      
   "[Times Square is] their threshold, that's where they feel comfortable,   
   that's where they post to social media," Savino said.   
      
   Police officials say they're working to nab members of the Los Diablos   
   – a subset of the Tren de Aragua. Sources tell the New York Post about   
   20 young migrants are targeting locals and tourists in numerous   
   robberies and other crimes at the "Crossroads of the World."   
      
   "There is no deterrence," the source added. "You have a 15-year-old who   
   continues to treat our city like his personal video game."   
      
   What is Tren de Aragua?   
   Tren de Aragua, which translates to Aragua Train, began in 2012 among   
   trade union members in the Aragua province of Venezuela who used the   
   country's rail system for crime, according to the New York Post.   
      
   The gang is involved in robberies, drug dealing and human trafficking   
   throughout South America, and authorities warn that the group is   
   looking to expand its international empire, according to the Post.   
      
   Earlier this year, Deputy Inspector Nicholas Fiore said the NYPD   
   recorded a "tremendous" surge in moped robberies that they believe are   
   orchestrated by Tren de Aragua recruits.   
      
   "There are orders coming from Columbia and from Venezuela, [they move]   
   to Miami and then to New York," Fiore said.   
      
   Bernardo Raul Castro-Mata, the Venezuelan migrant accused of shooting   
   two NYPD officers earlier this year during a traffic stop, reportedly   
   confessed to police that gang members were instructed to shoot police   
   officers.   
      
   In court, Queens Assistant District Attorney Lauren Reilly said that   
   Mata had told investigators that members of Tren de Aragua were   
   smuggling firearms into city shelters inside food packages that do not   
   have to go through metal detectors.   
      
   Savino told Good Day he's concerned about gang warfare.   
      
   "We do believe there's a spillover from Venezuela, where a homicide did   
   occur," he said. "So this could be the continued beef from Venezuela,   
   tremendously concerning, but that would ignite the fire. We're on top   
   of it, and we'll certainly prevent it."   
      
   https://www.fox5ny.com/news/nyc-crime-venezuelan-gang-tren-de-aragua-   
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