Revealed: US law enforcement claimed emojis could signal Tren de Aragua affiliation
by Sam Levin in Los Angeles and Maanvi Singh in Oakla from US news | The Guardian on (#70587)
Claims are an unsophisticated, uneducated approach that demonstrates a lack of knowledge', says one professor
US law enforcement officials have claimed that the use of certain emojis could signal affiliation with Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Venezuelan gang, according to internal records reviewed by the Guardian.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the US army and other agencies have alleged in briefings, threat warnings and training materials for law enforcement that specific symbols used on social media are associated with Tren de Aragua, a group Donald Trump has regularly cited to support his immigration crackdown.
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