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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 ]
Tren de Aragua's sphere of influence gradually extended beyond the prison walls, first by extorting businesses in Venezuela. The group's name ("Aragua Train"), may come from an early association ...
Tren de Aragua adopted its name between 2013 and 2015 but its operations predate that, according to a report by Transparency Venezuela. “It has its origin in the unions of workers who worked on ...
Information about Tren de Aragua members in the U.S. is sparse, which makes the gang a fertile topic for inspiring hard-to-verify claims. Tren de Aragua: What we know about the Venezuelan gang ...
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 — from ...
The cases involving the Tren de Aragua gang show how hard it is for U.S. border agents to vet the criminal backgrounds of migrants from countries like Venezuela that won’t give the U.S. any help.
The Tren de Aragua gang originated in the Tocorón prison in the province of Aragua in Venezuela some 15 years ago. It is reputed to be Venezuela's most powerful crime organization with about ...
Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang members are known for violence, murder, kidnapping, extortion, bribery and human and drug trafficking and are linked to more than 100 law enforcement investigations ...