Border Patrol, FBI leaders who first identified Tren de Aragua recount gang's rise to power
FBI and Border Patrol have been sounding alarms about the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Their concerns fell on deaf ears ...
The Conversation10d
What is Tren de Aragua? How the Venezuelan gang started − and why US policies may only make it stronger
When the U.S. government deported 177 Venezuelans on Feb. 20, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security alleged that 80 of the deportees were members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
Houston Chronicle10d
What is Tren de Aragua? How the Venezuelan gang started − and why US policies may only make it stronger
By 2017, Tren de Aragua began to be known as a “megabanda,” a category the local press in Venezuela use to refer to large organized criminal groups. The term arose to highlight the size of some street ...
The Origins of the Venezuelan Gang Tren de Aragua and Why US Policies May Only Make it Stronger
When the U.S. government deported 177 Venezuelans on Feb. 20, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security alleged that 80 of the deportees were members of ...
Vox6d
Why Trump keeps talking about an obscure Venezuelan prison gang
President Donald Trump made a very specific reference on Tuesday night to one criminal organization: the “Tren de Aragua,” a Venezuela-based gang he ... Even the tattoos and other symbols ...