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Texas Gov. Abbott designates Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, as a foreign terrorist organization (www.foxnews.com)
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[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

So, gov. Abbott is trying to prove that he has no idea what terrorism is, huh?

Terrorism has a pretty solid definition. It's not just an armed group that scares people; it's violence that's directed at uninvolved civilians as a proxy for the gov't. It's violence with an explicitly political motive. If you systematically murder the extended families of police officers in a town so that the cops back off enforcing the law and the gov't collapses, that's terrorism. If you're killing rival gang members, that's just a turf war.

These aren't terrorists, they're just ordinary criminals, and gov' Abbott is just an ordinary idiot that's trying to score political points.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I'm sure Venezuela cares what a US state considers a terrorist organization.

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Ah, a hysterical Fox article about crime committed by minority immigrants. My favorite.

Anyway, okay, law enforcement is going to try to arrest criminals! Novel idea.