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Trump hyped this Venezuelan gang to wage war

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The Grayzone's Kei Pritsker explains how Trump turned Tren De Aragua, a previously obscure Venezuelan gang that had already been crushed by Maduro's security forces, into a national boogeyman, then used it to justify his naval siege of Venezuela.



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Trump hyped this Venezuelan gang to wage war

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