DOJ Charges 27 Gang Members In RICO Case

Let’s call this what it is: a rare win for common sense and law and order in an era when both are being systematically strangled by open-border zealots and soft-on-crime radicals. In a move long overdue, the Department of Justice finally slapped the violent Venezuelan cartel gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) with RICO charges, dragging them out of the shadows and labeling them exactly what they are — a foreign-based terrorist operation masquerading as a street gang.

You read that right. Not just your average gangbangers — this is a transnational, cartel-style military-grade criminal syndicate, now charged under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, the same law originally crafted to crush the Mafia. And not a moment too soon.

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Acting U.S. Attorney Matthew Podolsky rolled out the indictments like a freight train: 27 current and former members, including 19 from a splinter group dubbed “Anti-Tren.” We're talking about:

• Sex trafficking

• Drug trafficking

• Robbery

• Firearms charges

• Racketeering conspiracy

That’s the rap sheet — and it reads like a horror story. The DOJ’s unsealed indictment accuses Tren de Aragua of infecting American cities — most notably New York's Bronx and Queens — with human misery. That includes deadly narcotics, trafficked women, and a violent crime wave that Democrats have spent the last five years pretending doesn’t exist.

Bondi pulled zero punches: “Tren de Aragua is not just a street gang – it is a highly structured terrorist organization that has destroyed American families.”

You’d think that kind of language would rattle some cages in D.C. — but don’t hold your breath waiting for the Biden-era left to applaud. The same people who decried Trump’s border wall as “racist” now quietly watch as international cartels embed in our communities and drive our youth into fentanyl-fueled graves.

Where’s the outrage from AOC? From the “abolish ICE” crowd? Crickets.

Let’s not forget: this didn’t happen overnight. Tren de Aragua didn’t drop in with parachutes — they marched in through our unsecured southern border. This is the direct result of a government that neutered ICE, demonized CBP, and turned our immigration system into a revolving door of unchecked chaos.

This administration has shown more sympathy to illegal aliens than to the American citizens slaughtered by cartel violence. But now that Trump is back in charge, you’re seeing the gears of justice start to turn again — and real law enforcement finally being unshackled.