Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua could be behind a shocking home invasion in which four armed men pistol-whipped and tied up a woman before robbing her home.
Four Hispanic men who were lying in wait confronted the woman as soon as she entered the garage of her Dallas home on the night of September 21, forced her to the ground and pistol-whipped her, according to a newsletter sent out to residents of the posh neighborhood where the crime took place.
At gunpoint, the homeowner was forced into the home on Elsby Aveune, where the intruders remained “for an extended period of time.”
“The victim was tied up and told to remain in the bedroom until the suspects left with the victim’s belongings,” the homeowners association said.
A Dallas elected official linked the terrifying incident to the infamous Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which has unleashed a crime wave across America’s largest cities.
“A home invasion and attempted assault of a resident, believed to be by a Venezuelan or other gang,” Dallas City Council member Gay Willis wrote to residents.
A home invasion in Dallas may have ties to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragaua. The photo shows the house where the horrific ordeal took place
Willis did not respond to questions about where she got the information.
She also added in the newsletter that Dallas police have “no evidence” of gang activity so far.
Local police told DailyMail.com that no suspects have been arrested and the victim did not require medical attention after the robbery.
DailyMail.com was the first to report that Tren de Aragua had a confirmed presence in Dallas.
Police admitted they are investigating several crimes linked to the South American mafia, but would not say which crimes were involved.
The infamous prison gang-turned-international criminal organization best known for sex trafficking of girls and women and exploitation of their fellow Venezuelans crossed the US-Mexico border in recent years – as DailyMail.com first reported – mixed with asylum-seeking migrants.
The victim was confronted by four armed men when she drove into her garage on September 21
A newsletter from a Dallas city councilman mentioned the gang’s possible ties to crime
The frightened homeowner is no longer staying in the house, neighbors tell DailyMail.com
The home invasion happened in a Dallas neighborhood with million-dollar homes near Love Field Airport
Meanwhile, according to the neighbors, the scared victim of the home invasion is not even staying in the house, but has gone to live with family.
DailyMail.com is not naming the victim for its own protection.
During a brief phone conversation with her, she declined to comment and instead directed questions to the homeowners association.
Dallas police have admitted they are working with other local agencies and federal partners to shut down the activities of TdA, as the gang is known, in North Texas.
The gang has established its new headquarters on the US-Mexico border, just south of El Paso, Texas.
Tren de Aragua gang tattoos (photo above) were part of a Department of Homeland Security bulletin recently shared with federal agents
Venezuela’s most violent gang, Tren de Aragua, has moved its headquarters to just across the US border in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez.
In Texas’ sixth-largest city, about a nine-hour drive from Dallas, police are working on a confidential plan to deal with the growing threat, insiders told DailyMail.com last month.
As a DailyMail.com investigation found, Venezuelan migrants have infiltrated food delivery and ride-sharing apps, renting or purchasing accounts that don’t belong to them and illegally showing up at your door.
Across the country, TdA cells have popped up in the Denver area, where the gangsters took control of several apartment buildings.