The Chicago Police Department reported having arrested more than 30 members of the dangerous Tren de Aragua Venezuelan street gang, only to find the courts releasing many of them right back out onto the streets.
Dozens of these gang members have been arrested over the last two years for an array of offenses, including drug dealing, human trafficking, gun charges, theft, and other charges, the New York Post reported.
However, thanks to the recent state-wide implementation of the SAFE-T Act, which eliminated cash bail in most cases, many of these gang members were released right after being arrested.
The records were uncovered after a Freedom of Information Act request by America First Legal.
SCOOP: These are the names of 30 suspected Tren de Aragua gang members arrested by Chicago cops in less than two years
Some of them have been let go by locals, forcing ICE to have to hunt them down at their homes.
Pictured are Jonamer Barrios Moreno, 27, who was let go for a… pic.twitter.com/TKE7yaRrBU
— Jennie Taer 🎗️ (@JennieSTaer) November 14, 2024
One of the suspected gang members arrested was Jonamer Barrios Moreno, 27, who illegally crossed the border near Brownsville, Texas, in 2023. After being released into the country by the Biden administration, Moreno made his way to Chicago, where he was arrested in May on a driving offense and then in September for domestic violence. […]
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