As we’ve been reporting, President Donald Trump, new Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and border czar Tom Homan have unleashed the forces of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, and agents have been busy rounding up illegal aliens—including many hardened criminals—and repatriating them to their home countries.
Although the left is crying over the lawful treatment of our “friends and neighbors,” many of the folks they’ve nabbed are the last people you’d want living next door to you. Among those captured was a vicious ringleader of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua, which has spread to at least 16 states and whose members recently made the lives of residents in Aurora, Colorado a living hell under the reign of terror.
The suspect’s name is Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco, and he’s a real sweetheart.
🚨Tren de Aragua ringleader Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco, 25, arrested in NYC during a pre-dawn ICE raid.
This violent criminal, wanted for a kidnapping tied to the Aurora, CO break-in, was hiding across from an elementary school.
Trump’s crackdown is cleaning up the streets!… pic.twitter.com/psLyOkk82O
— Unknown Ruler (@unknownruler8) January 28, 2025
But now, as Noem told interviewers Wednesday, the news gets even more sinister as it turns out Pacheco had recently been in the market for… grenades. What the heck could he want those for? Mayhem, of course, but what type specifically?
Noem gives the details:
Noem had joined federal immigration authorities Tuesday in New York City for the sweeps, which officials said were targeting violent criminals in major cities and elsewhere.
On Wednesday, Noem addressed the arrest of who she described as a “ringleader” of the Tren de Aragua gang during an appearance on “Fox & Friends.”
“He had just been a part of a gun weapons exchange and was trying to buy grenades,” Noem said. “Why would anybody in this country need to buy a grenade and go out and perpetuate violence?” […]
— Read More: redstate.com
