Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua take over Texas hotel, county officials work to shut down business [Video]

The Gateway Hotel has received a temporary and permanent injunction from the El Paso County Attorney’s Office to cease operations after “habitual criminal activity” was discovered.

“The large volume of calls for service to a single business and State’s analysis of police reports show that the Gateway has habitual criminal activity that violates the CPRC, and additional crimes that contributes to the overall blight this business brings to downtown El Paso,” reads the El Paso County Attorney’s complaint.

SUSPECTED TREN DE ARAGUA GANG MEMBERS IN AURORA, COLORADO, RELEASED ON $1,000 BOND

As recently as August 23, police documented the presence of transnational gang Tren de Aragua in the Gateway Hotel building, which the county attorney calls “most alarming.”

An officer’s note from the date reads, …