The Trump Administration announced new arrests at a press conference on Wednesday in its efforts to take down the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced charges against eight members of the gang, who came into the U.S. illegally during the Biden administration and are accused of allegedly committing "vicious kidnappings and murders" in separate cases out of Texas and Illinois.

"These violent crimes and murders happened because, under the Biden administration, open-border policies left our borders wide open, and hundreds of suspected (and now convicted) TdA terrorists poured through those borders into our country," Blanche said, according to The National News Desk. 

FBI Director Patel participated in the press conference, which included investigations out of the FBI Chicago and FBI Dallas field offices.

He said the administration has arrested 29,0000 violent gang members since Trump was sworn in for his second term. 

“President Trump‘s historic leadership designating Tren de Aragua as a Foreign Terrorist Organization has given this FBI and our law-enforcement partners the tools we need to wipe out their operations,” said Patel.

“Now, every single day across this country, we are decimating their presence in America - dismantling and disrupting over 2,700 violent gangs, a 365% increase, with a 500% increase in Tren de Aragua arrests since 2024. Today, thanks to tremendous work from FBI Chicago, FBI Dallas, and our partners as part of the FBI’s nationwide violent crime initiative Summer Heat 2.0, 8 more alleged TdA members who entered the U.S. under the previous administration have been indicted or arrested and will face justice for their crimes.”