Tren de Aragua - Wikipedia
Tren de Aragua (Spanish pronunciation: [tɾen de aˈɾaɣwa]; English: Aragua Train) is a transnational criminal organization and U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization [3] from Venezuela. It is believed to have over 5,000 members. [4] .
'Ghost criminals': How Venezuelan gang members are slipping …
U.S. law enforcement and immigration officials are investigating more than 100 criminal cases tied to suspected members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang.
Tren de Aragua: The Venezuelan gang infiltrating the US | CNN
Jun 9, 2024 · Local and federal officials say these apparently unrelated crimes have a common denominator: Tren de Aragua, a transnational criminal gang that originated in a Venezuela prison and has...
Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang become target of Trump ... - CNN
Jan 29, 2025 · A series of immigration executive actions signed by President Donald Trump on the first day of his second term included a call for the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang as a global terrorist ...
How migrant gang Tren de Aragua became a vicious criminal …
Sep 13, 2024 · Tren de Aragua, a vicious South American gang that sneaked into the US among the millions of migrants who have crossed the border, is peddling drugs, guns and women across the 50 states —...
Tren de Aragua gang started in Venezuela’s prisons and now …
Sep 25, 2024 · Now, more than a decade later, the gang has become a menace even on American soil and has exploded into the U.S. presidential campaign amid a spree of kidnappings, extortion and other crimes throughout the western hemisphere tied to a mass exodus of Venezuelan migrants.
What we know about the Venezuelan gang: Tren de Aragua
Nov 1, 2024 · The gang started some time between 2013 and 2015 in Tocorón, a prison in the Venezuelan state of Aragua, according to Transparencia Venezuela, an anti-corruption nonprofit organization.
Biden administration designates dangerous Venezuelan gang as a ... - CNN
Jul 11, 2024 · The Biden administration will designate a dangerous Venezuelan gang infiltrating the United States as a significant transnational criminal organization on Thursday, according to a senior...
US sanctions a Venezuela gang for spreading criminal activity …
Jul 11, 2024 · The Biden administration on Thursday, July 11, 2024, sanctioned the Venezuelan gang allegedly behind a spree of kidnappings, extortion and other violent crimes tied to migrants that have spread across Latin America and the United States.
Tren de Aragua - InSight Crime
Jul 12, 2024 · Tren de Aragua is Venezuela’s most powerful homegrown criminal actor and the only Venezuelan gang that has successfully projected its power abroad. It has grown from a prison gang limited to the state of Aragua, to a transnational threat with a wide criminal portfolio.