San Antonio Police Arrested 20 Gang Members, Including 4 Venezuelan Who Took Over a Nearly 300-Unit Apartment Complex in the Area

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UNKNOWN: "SAPD, we received several complaints from an apartment complex at the 100 and 300 block of Sahara Drive about multiple narcotics violations, human trafficking and threats to apartment personnel. So, over this morning, the task force, including members of SAPD Covert Unit, the Human Exploitation Unit, the Texas Anti-Gang Unit, members of the Department of — Texas Department of Public Safety and the FBI, the U.S. Border Patrol and Homeland Security, we got an operation at this apartment. We had information that members of the transnational gang Tren De Aragua were in control of the area and committing various crimes. SAPD officers and DPS troopers cleared nearly 300 vacant apartments at the complex this morning. The task force is processing over 20 individuals that we arrested. We confirmed that four TDA members are in custody, Tren De Aragua members are in custody. One TDA member is a confirmed enforcer for that gang. Currently, there’s 19 individuals arrested, with 15 detainers. Homeland Security and the Emergency Removal Operations have taken custody of the four confirmed TDA members. There were individuals with confirmed warrants. Multiple individuals had already had removal orders through HSI.”