{"id":14719,"date":"2026-01-04T04:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T03:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=14719"},"modified":"2026-01-04T09:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T08:38:20","slug":"das-neue-schlachtfeld-uns-vorliegende-regierungsunterlagen-bestaetigen-trumps-fake-krieg-gegen-venezuela-es-geht-nur-um-oel-und-harte-dollar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/das-neue-schlachtfeld-uns-vorliegende-regierungsunterlagen-bestaetigen-trumps-fake-krieg-gegen-venezuela-es-geht-nur-um-oel-und-harte-dollar\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Battlefield - Government Documents in Our Possession Confirm Trump\u2019s Fake War Against Venezuela - It Is Only About Oil and Hard Dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"
Our intensive investigations show that the US administration\u2019s belligerent change of course is not merely the result of diplomatic pressure or spontaneous reactions to provocative overflights by Venezuelan jets. It is built on internal intelligence papers that show how the Department of Homeland Security DHS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE upgraded the criminal network \u201cTren de Aragua\u201d TdA to a national security threat. In a confidential letter to Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, which is in our possession, it states verbatim that the \u201cnew information on TdA\u201d has led to a \u201crenewed focus within ICE.\u201d Patrick Lechleitner, then acting ICE director, describes how \u201cmembers of TdA establish command and control centers in residential complexes heavily populated by Venezuelan nationals.\u201d Colorado is highlighted in particular as a focal point, where ICE, together with federal prosecutors and local authorities, seeks to identify, dismantle, and arrest TdA structures and their members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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ICE Memo (2023):<\/strong> \"Members of TdA are establishing command and control centers in residential complexes in communities with a high proportion of Venezuelan nationals.\"<\/li> \n
DHS Analysis:<\/strong> \"TdA uses violence as a means to threaten, intimidate, and maintain control.\"<\/li> \n
NIC Report (April 2025):<\/strong> \"The Maduro regime probably does not have a policy of cooperating with TdA or directing TdA operations in the United States.\"<\/li> \n
ICE Assessment:<\/strong> \"Many groups use the name TdA only for reputational reasons, without direct connection to the leadership.\"<\/li> \n
Congressional Letter to Lauren Boebert:<\/strong> ICE names Colorado as a focal point of TdA investigations and describes close cooperation with federal prosecutors to dismantle cells.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Supplementary evaluation of the documents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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National Intelligence Council Memo of April 7, 2025, the declassified intelligence document on the question of the links between the Maduro regime and TdA. NIC Report (April 2025): Declassified assessment of the National Intelligence Council stating that the Maduro regime \"probably does not have a policy of cooperating with TdA (Tren de Aragua) or directing TdA operations in the United States\" and that many cells \"operate independently.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Our entire newsroom has reviewed the ICE documents and the declassified National Intelligence Council assessment in full. They show that TdA Tren de Aragua \u201coperates in loosely organized cells\u201d spread across at least seven countries in South America and the Caribbean. The leadership has \u201chistorically benefited from permissive conditions and institutional weaknesses in Venezuela.\u201d While there is communication between individual cells, \u201cmany of these cells likely operate autonomously and coordinate independently.\u201d Particularly explosive is the passage in which ICE concedes that some groups or individuals \u201cuse the name TdA only for reputational reasons\u201d and have no direct ties to leadership. This not only complicates investigative work but also raises the question of how solid the classification as a state affiliated threat really is.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nCongressional Letter (September 2024): Official response letter from Acting ICE Director Patrick J. Lechleitner to Rep. Lauren Boebert naming Colorado as a focus of TdA investigations and describing the legal obstacles posed by local laws<\/mark><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\nCongressional Letter - HSI Analysis (September 2023): Detailed description by HSI Denver of TdA activities in Colorado, including the establishment of \"command and control centers,\" intimidation tactics, and patterns of violence in migrant communities<\/mark><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
In another section it states that the organization focuses on \"human trafficking, migrant smuggling, and low-level crime.\" The decentralized structure makes it \"highly unlikely\" that TdA is planning large-scale logistical operations such as coordinated attacks or systematic infiltration. Nevertheless, it is emphasized that between 2021 and 2024 there was \"an increase in encounters with TdA members at the U.S.-Mexico border\" who often traveled together with migrant groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nCongressional Letter - Page 3: List of Colorado laws that according to ICE hinder cooperation with local authorities, including the prohibition on asking the immigration status of arrested persons or executing ICE orders without a judge's warrant<\/mark><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\nCongressional Letter - Conclusion: ICE explains the delay of enforcement actions due to lack of detention capacity and refers further questions on TdA members to the Border Protection agency CBP; signed by Patrick J. Lechleitner<\/mark><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
The ICE letter also describes how state laws in Colorado make the agency's work more difficult: The \"Denver Public Safety Enforcement Priorities Act\" prohibits city officials from asking the immigration status of arrested persons or executing ICE orders without a judge's warrant. Other laws prohibit probation officers from sharing personal information with immigration authorities, making jail interviews and detention orders more difficult. ICE emphasizes that these laws \"prevent ICE from carrying out its mission effectively and efficiently\" - a formulation that suggests Colorado is seen as a kind of safe haven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The language of the memo sounds more like guerrilla operations than organized crime. The document literally states that TdA \"uses violence as a means to threaten, intimidate, and maintain control.\" In one passage it says TdA uses \"tactics and trade routes to disguise memberships, relocate members, and cover their tracks.\" It is precisely this choice of words that now serves as the basis for military escalation far beyond law enforcement. In Washington, drugs are no longer seen only as a public health crisis but as a reason for war. \"A foreign terror network that is poisoning our people with drugs is no different than al-Qaeda - and will be treated as such,\" Hegseth said after an attack on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean. President Trump himself calls the fentanyl crisis an \"invasion\" and thus justifies the use of military force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2020 indictment also accused Maduro of leading a drug trafficking organization called the Cartel de los Soles, the Cartel of the Suns. The name is an ironic reference to the sun insignia on the shoulder boards of Venezuelan military officers. Under Maduro\u2019s leadership, the organization allegedly not only enriched its members and expanded its power, but also sought to \u201cflood\u201d the United States with cocaine and \u201cinflict the harmful and addictive effects of the drug on consumers in this country.\u201d The indictment claimed that Maduro and others had \u201cprioritized cocaine as a weapon against America.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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