Tren de Aragua is now terrorizing Utah as Venezuelan dissident warns that local authorities are not ready
A Venezuelan dissident who is running for office in Utah warned that local authorities “are not ready” to deal with Tren de Aragua — as the vicious prison gang has expanded its territory to at least 18 states.Carlos Moreno, who is running for Salt Lake County Council in District 2, spoke out after Tren de Aragua gangbangers have been linked to at least two separate crimes in the Beehive State capital — including an alleged prostitution ring.“Our law enforcement people are not ready,” Moreno told The Post.“They are not ready yet to face these kinds of gangs in Utah because the way that they do things are totally different than the criminals here in the United States,” the city council hopeful continued.“That’s why people right now are very afraid.And they don’t want these kinds of people in the United States.”The violent Venezuelan gang is allegedly behind a Sept.
22 assault and shooting in Salt Lake City’s Herriman neighborhood.Four suspected baby-faced gang members — ranging in age from 19 to 21 — allegedly assaulted three victims, injuring two of the individuals, according to local news outlet KSL.
The thugs then went on a wild car chase with acquaintances of the assault victims that ended with the two vehicles colliding and a shootout, the outlet reported.One of the acquaintances in the targeted vehicle sustained a shrapnel wound to the shoulder.Less than a month later, on Oct.31, three other suspected Tren de Aragua brutes allegedly broke into a home and threatened the residents at gunpoint.One of the victims told responding officers she was forced into prostitution by one of the suspected gangbangers when she first arrived in Utah, according to KSL.The victim led cops to a nearby hotel, where they discovered another female who claimed the alleged gang members assaulted her.The second female victim also told cops that she and two others were working there as “escorts.”When cops asked the victim if she was ok, she “started t...