The violent Venezuelan migrant gang Tren de Aragua has taken over a hotel in the Texas border city of El Paso — turning into a hub of fighting, drinking and hard-partying behavior, authorities say.
Surveillance footage shows one man wielding a hatchet, others were spotted with knives and at least one man was seen firing a gun inside, the El Paso County Attorney said. Local officials are now working to shut down the hotel and take back control of the business, which they say has become a blight on the city , Two Venezuelan migrants believed to be linked to Tren de Aragua ran off to the El Paso motel in June, three days after allegedly taking part in a violent jewelry store robbery in Denver.
On Monday, a judge granted a temporary order that force all residents of the hotel to leave by Thursday — and prevent owner Howard Yun from letting people stay there, according to KVIA-TV. Other images taken inside the condemned hotel show men crowding the hallways, some armed with knives, engaging in fights and one seen bleeding from multiple stab wounds, many of these instances happening while children are around, per the court documents. The building was previously owned by an individual who was convicted for smuggling and money laundering in a federal case in , according to the court documents.
The cops have been called nearly times to the Gateway hotel. Much of this activity happened while children were present. Illegal migrants can be seen in surveillance footage taken at the hotel "partying Surveillance video shows grown men and children lingering in the hallway of the Gateway Hotel in El Paso.
Surveillance footage of a physical altercation in the hallway of the hotel. The cops have been called nearly times to the Gateway hotel in El Paso over the last two years.
