Florencia 13 acts as a regional chapter of the Mexican Mafia with approximately 3,000 members.
According to the Department of Justice, both organizations are involved in drug trafficking, robbery, and other violent crimes.
Justifiably, the FBI has opened an investigation into Gonzales’s vile attempt to stir up trouble and place ICE agents in danger. The left's obsession with protecting illegals, including gang members, is a clear indication of the values they hold dear.
This comes at a time when President Trump has made cracking down on criminal gangs and illegal immigration a top priority of his administration. He has classified Tren de Aragua, MS-13, the Sinaloa Cartel, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the United Cartels, the Gulf Cartel, the Northeast Cartel, and the Michoacán Family as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, providing law enforcement with improved tools to combat these criminal groups.
After posting her inflammatory video, Gonzalez whined on social media that the FBI came to her house and that she needed a lawyer.
The vice mayor’s reckless decision highlights the lengths to which some Democratic politicians will go to obstruct President Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts. Instead of collaborating with federal authorities to enhance community safety, officials like Gonzalez are actively making law enforcement’s job more dangerous.
The FBI investigation will assess if her public statements crossed the line from protected political speech to criminal activity. That shouldn’t take long; nothing about what she said is worthy of protection, but every word of it deserves prosecution.