US intel agencies say Venezuelan regime doesn't direct Tren de Aragua gang, undercutting Trump admin: report

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's regime does not direct the initiatives of the Tren de Aragua according to a newly population memo issued by U S intelligence agencies last month The memo published Monday by the New York Times undercuts President Donald Trump's justifications for using the Alien Enemies Act to facilitate deportations The analysis represents the sense of the society of the National Intelligence Council and states they have not ascertained a direct link between Maduro's regime and TdA leadership While Venezuela s permissive climate enables TDA to operate the Maduro regime ostensibly does not have a procedures of cooperating with TDA and is not directing TDA movement to and operations in the United States the record states The IC bases this judgment on Venezuelan law enforcement actions demonstrating the regime treats TDA as a threat an uneasy mix of cooperation and confrontation rather than top-down directives that characterize the regime's ties to other armed groups and the decentralized makeup of TDA that would make such a relationship logistically challenging the memo continues FEDERAL JUDGES IN NEW YORK AND TEXAS BLOCK TRUMP DEPORTATIONS AFTER SCOTUS RULINGWhile the memo cuts against the claim that endorsement for TdA is a direct approach from Maduro's regime it does note that FBI analysts agree that particular Venezuelan regime executives facilitate TDA members' migration from Venezuela to the United States and use members as proxies to advance what they see as the Maduro regime's goal of destabilizing governments and undermining general safety in these countries NOEM RIPS DEMOCRATS OVER BACKING FOR DEPORTED MIGRANTThe Alien Enemies Act of which allows deportation of natives and citizens of an enemy nation without a hearing has been invoked three times during the War of World War I and World War II Trump's administration declared in March that all Venezuelan citizens years or older who are members of TdA are within the U S and are not naturalized or lawful permanent residents of the U S may be apprehended restrained secured and removed as alien enemies Key to the White House's argument is its claim that TdA operates in conjunction with C rtel de los Soles the Nicol s Maduro regime-sponsored narco-terrorism enterprise based in Venezuela In Maduro and other regime members were charged with narco-terrorism and other crimes in an alleged plot against America Fox News' Alexandra Koch contributed to this summary