Feds say they busted a Tren de Aragua cell in San Antonio but haven’t backed up the claim

As Department of Homeland Security officials claim they arrested 27 people with ties to Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua at a San Antonio raid last weekend, two congressmen are demanding transparency about who was actually caught up in the sweep.

Indeed, DHS has so far provided no proof of its allegations about the gang ties, and the feds have only criminally charged two of the 140 people reportedly detained over the weekend, U.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro and Greg Casar said in a letter to the Trump administration.

The two San Antonio Democrats said their offices have been trying for days to get federal law enforcement officials to provide the whereabouts of the 138 other individuals taken into custody during the raid, which took place at 3 a.m. Sunday at a gathering on Basse Road near San Pedro Avenue…

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