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Trump claims crime rates in Venezuela have decreased because the country sends gang members to the U.S.

Donald Trump at his hush money trial (Credit: AFP / Seth Wenig)

Former president and presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump claimed, without evidence, that crime rates in Venezuela have dropped drastically because the country is sending gang members to the United States.

"Crime rates in Venezuela have dropped by 72% because they don't have the criminals. They are putting gang members on buses and sending them to our country," Trump said during a rally in Phoenix, Arizona.

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