San Antonio Police have confirmed the arrest of a known Tren de Aragua gang enforcer and multiple other members.
According to San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus, officers arrested 20 suspected Tren de Aragua gang members in total following a multi-agency raid on an apartment complex in San Antonio Saturday morning.
“We had information that members of the transnational gang, Tren de Aragua, were in control of the area and committing various crimes,” Chief McManus said in a press conference. “SAPD officers and Texas DPS troopers cleared nearly 300 vacant apartments at the complex."
Multiple complaints were made by the apartment complex on the city's north side of alleged gang activity involving human trafficking, narcotics, and threats made to apartment employees.
San Antonio Police, the Texas Department of Public Safety Anti-Gang Unit officers, Homeland Security Investigations special agents, the FBI, and U.S. Border Patrol agents all assisted in the raid and arrests.
In a social media post made following the arrests, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said, “We will not tolerate this gang in Texas."